During the initial four-day ceasefire (November 24-27), Israel released 150 Palestinians held in its detention camps, including 119 children and 31 women. In the opposite direction, Hamas released 69 hostages it had taken back to the Gaza Strip during its attack on Israeli territory on October 7.
According to Reuters, 51 of them were Israelis and 18 foreigners. Hamas took about 240 hostages in the attack on October 7 and killed 1,200 others. Israel responded with a bombing campaign and sent troops into the Gaza Strip, which has so far killed 15,000 Palestinians, according to health authorities in the territory.
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Hamas has pledged to release 20 more hostages in exchange for a two-day ceasefire, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. The Israeli Prime Minister's office said the government had approved a list of 50 Palestinian female prisoners who could be released if Hamas releases more hostages. Hamas is drawing up a list of hostages to be released, but the process is said to be complicated by the fact that some are being held by other militant groups, AFP reported.
Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip in this photo released on November 28.
The extension of the truce has been welcomed by the international community. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it a "glimmer of hope and humanity amid the darkness of war". However, Mr Guterres said two days was not enough to meet the aid needs of the Gaza Strip. Despite the truce, the health ministry said fuel had not been delivered to hospitals in the northern region. Mayor Yahya al-Siraj of Gaza City, the largest city in the Strip, said many services were not available due to lack of fuel and warned of a potential public health disaster.
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced yesterday that the Dixmude helicopter carrier with 40 hospital beds has docked in Egypt and could begin treating wounded from Gaza this week. Al Jazeera reported that activities in the southern Gaza Strip are gradually recovering while those evacuated from the north are frustrated at not being able to return home and not knowing the situation of their loved ones.
The smoke has temporarily cleared, Gaza is devastated and worried about the future
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make his third trip to the Middle East this week since the Hamas-Israel conflict began, and is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank. The diplomat will discuss maintaining aid to the Gaza Strip and calling for the release of all hostages, while also presenting US principles on the future of Gaza and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
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