Hamas to release six Israeli families, hand over four bodies this week Israeli conflict news

Hamas will launch six Israeli prisoners and hand over the bodies of four others this week as part of Gaza is a ceasefire An agreement, the group leader said in the pocket.

Khalil Al -Hayya, head of the Palestinian group in Gaza, said that the delivery of the bodies will be held in Gaza on Thursday and that six Israeli prisoners will be issued on Saturday.

He said on Tuesday: “As well as Hamas, Hamas has proven seriously in implementing the agreement with full responsibility.” “We emphasize the need to compel the occupation to implement all the provisions of the agreement without procrastination.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the talks in Egypt resulted in an agreement to release six Israeli prisoners who live on Saturday as part of the first stage of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.

The statement said that Israel will also receive the bodies of four prisoners on Thursday, four other bodies later next week.

The first phase of the Gaza truce, in which the United States, Qatar and Egypt mediated on March 1. Negotiations have not started in the following stages, including a permanent end of war.

Reports from Amman, Jordan, Hamad Qalout from Al -Jazeera, said that the publications could be a major development regarding negotiations on the second stage of the ceasefire.

Hamas said they are doing this because they want the second stage to take place. She said that the Israelis were asking this for about a week, saying they wanted to release some prisoners sooner than the end of the first stage.

Salaut indicated that the bodies of the Pepas family are expected to be delivered on Thursday. In November 2023, Hamas announced that the family was killed in an Israeli air strike.

Husband and father Yarden Pepas Last month, it was issued as part of the first stage of the ceasefire deal.

The Israeli army said they had great concerns about the fate of the mother and her two children, but he did not confirm whether they had been killed. Hamas now confirms that they will release the bodies. “

The former general manager of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alon Liel indicated that Hamas is returning Israeli prisoners’ bodies to the Red Cross, “can have a devastating impact on the Israeli public.”

He said he would be a day of mourning in Israel that would shock people.

“But it is still better than getting anything from Hamas. We would like to get all the lively hostages and bodies in Israel as soon as possible.”

Israel seeks to “the maximum flexibility” in the talks

Israel and Hamas Agreed To the ceasefire deal in Gaza on January 19, more than 460 days after the war that destroyed the Palestinian territories.

However, Israel has violated the ceasefire in Gaza 266 times, killing at least 132 people, Palestinian security sources said on Tuesday.

Since the ceasefire entered, the Israeli leaders also discussed the possibility of an imminent return to the fighting in Gaza, with a right -wing minister of right -wing cabinets in Netanyahu pushing a pocket military occupation, while US President Donald Trump called for forced displacement from the Palestinians from Gaza.

Mohamed Elisri, a professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, told Al -Jazeera that Israel is looking for a “flexibility” before possible talks during the second stage of the armistice deal with Hamas.

On the one hand, there are at least whispers that some in the Israeli government want to move to the second stage of the ceasefire in Gaza, and (US President) Donald Trump in the Middle East said that he is confident that there will be the second stage. All this seems to be that It is positive. “

“On the other hand, Israel and the United States are talking about my sides, so no matter how they are still talking about the complete elimination of enthusiasm, the forced expulsion plan, Trump and the ethnic cleansing of Gaza,” I added.

On Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon said that Israel will start negotiations this week The second stage From the ceasefire deal in Gaza.

We held yesterday night at the security cabinet meeting. We decided to open negotiations in the second stage. Sar said about the talks that were already supposed to start on February 3.

He added that Israel is calling for “the photography of the total Gaza and the absence of the Palestinian Authority.”