Under the terms of the agreement on the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, the first stage of which entered into force on January 19, 33 Israeli hostages were to be released in exchange for about 1900 prisoners, most of whom are Palestinians contained in Israeli prisons. Last Saturday, the fifth stage of the exchange of hostages for prisoners ended: three Israeli hostages and 183 Palestinian prisoners were released. Thus, in total, Hamas released 16 Israelis, 17 remain in the hands of militants. According to Israeli data, eight of these 17 are dead, that is, Israel counts on the liberation of another nine people. . In exchange, Israel was going to free a number of Palestinian prisoners. However, the exchange will not take place. Hamas announced that he would postpone the next stage of the liberation of the Israeli militants who are captured for an indefinite period. Hamas position in a statement by the representative of the military wing Hamas Abu Ubeyda talks about Israel's non -compliance with the terms of the agreement. “Over the past three weeks, the leadership of the resistance has tracked the enemy’s violations and failure to comply with the terms of the agreement on his part. These violations include a delay in the return of displaced persons to the northern part of the gase, shooting at them in various areas of the sector and non -provision of access of humanitarian aid in all consistent forms, ”the statement said. Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said that the announcement of Hamas is a violation. “The statement of Hamas on the termination of the liberation of Israeli hostages is a complete violation of the ceasefire agreement and the hostage exemption transaction,” the Katz statement said. - I ordered the IDF to prepare at the highest level for any possible scenario of the development of events in Gaza and protect settlements. We will not allow a return to reality on October 7. " The situation in the gas sector on the eve of the Israeli troops left the Corridor Netsarim - the military zone, which cuts off the north of the Gaza sector from the south and thus divides the enclave into two parts. Thus, the Israeli authorities have fulfilled one of the terms of the armistice agreement with the Hamas group. . The Israeli right -wing organization of the TsAV 9, created by some families captured by hostage, called on the government to block the entry of trucks with humanitarian aid to the gas sector from Sunday if the hostages are not returned on Saturday.

Continuation of the ceasefire under the threat of coordination of the second stage of the agreement between Israel and Hamas should begin on Monday February 10, and it is not yet known what mood the parties will begin to negotiate. According to some reports, Israel will not begin to discuss the second phase without having previously agreed a number of technical issues, but what kind of questions are these are not yet known. Israel believes that Hamas still controls gas and is not going to abandon this control.

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