The reason for the delay in the release of prisoners in Gaza according to American and Zionist officials.
American and Zionist officials have said that the delay in the release of the second group of prisoners in Gaza is due to minor differences regarding the amount of aid entering Gaza, and Hamas has said that it will wait for more shipments to enter Gaza before starting the transfer of the second group of prisoners.
American and Zionist officials have told CNN that the delay in the release of prisoners in Gaza is due to minor differences over the amount of aid entering Gaza.
These officials have said that Hamas has announced that it will wait for more shipments to arrive in Gaza before starting the transfer of prisoners.
The Axios news website also reported, quoting informed sources, that the agreement between the Zionist regime and Hamas regarding USRA is still standing and that Qatar is trying to resolve the crisis.
On the other hand, al-Qassam Brigades – the military branch of the Palestinian Hamas movement – announced that it has postponed the process of releasing the second group of prisoners so that the Zionist regime adheres to the terms of the agreement.
Al-Qassam also said that the release of the second group of Zionist prisoners depends on the Zionist regime allowing aid trucks to enter the northern Gaza Strip.
According to this group, the Zionist regime does not adhere to the criteria for the release of prisoners that was previously agreed upon.
The second phase of the exchange of prisoners between the Hamas resistance group and the Israeli regime was supposed to take place today, on the second day of the four-day temporary ceasefire, and it was decided that a total of 56 prisoners from both sides would be exchanged.
Reuters news agency quoted Egyptian security sources as saying that Cairo has received a list of 14 Israeli prisoners from Hamas. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany has also announced that four of the prisoners who are to be released have citizenship of this country.
The Israel Army Radio had previously announced that the Israeli Prisons Department had received a list of 42 Palestinian prisoners for their release.
Last evening, 39 Palestinian women and children were released, compared to 13 Israeli prisoners. Also, according to Majid Al-Ansari, the spokesman of Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 10 Thai citizens and one Filipino citizen who were among the prisoners were released last night.
The four-day ceasefire between the Zionist regime and the Hamas resistance movement in the Gaza Strip has been effective since 7:00 a.m. yesterday.
After 47 days have passed since the start of the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation by the Islamic resistance movement “Hamas” against the Zionist regime and the defeat of the occupying army in the ground attack on the Gaza Strip, the cabinet of the Israeli regime, on Wednesday morning, agreed to a ceasefire with the mediation of the governments of Qatar and Egypt.
Meanwhile, hundreds of residents of Gaza City who fled to Khan Yunis and Rafah are returning to their homes, although Gaza City has mostly turned into ruins. At the same time, trucks carrying fuel and food have been entering Gaza since yesterday.