Qatar foreign ministry spokesperson confirms the news on social mediaUnder the ceasefire agreement, the three-stage truce starts with an initial six-week phase when hostages held by Hamas will be exchanged for prisoners and detainees jailed in Israel.Thirty-three of the 98 remaining Israeli hostages – including women, children, men over 50 and ill and wounded captives – are to be freed in this phase, as Reuters reports.We used not to be able to cross this street; the regime snipers would shoot you. We couldn’t even get to the street to retrieve the bodies, so we would watch the dogs eat them, just like in Gaza. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/18/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-says-737-prisoners-to-initially-be-freed-after-cabinet-approves-gaza-ceasefire
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Publish date : 2025-01-18 08:03:57
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Israel-Gaza war live: ceasefire to come into effect at 8.30am local time on Sunday
