Details of the imminent release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners and teenage girls have been revealed by various reports.
This evening, Hamas will send Israel a list of at least 10 hostages who will be released tomorrow. After the list has been verified by Israel, a list of security prisoners to be released – three security prisoners for each hostage – will be sent to Hamas.
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Early tomorrow morning, the IDF will suspend its operations in Gaza and Hamas said the ceasefire would come into effect at 10 a.m.
Tomorrow morning the hostages will be transferred to Israel by the International Red Cross and in the afternoon the security prisoners will be transferred to Gaza.
On the fourth day of the break in fighting, 20 hostages will be released in exchange for 60 security prisoners. There is an option to extend the pause in fighting beyond four days for every 10 hostages per day that Hamas can locate and send to Israel.
Mossad chief Dedi Barnea and Maj. Gen. (reserve) Nitzan Alon, the IDF’s hostage handler, reportedly traveled to Qatar to finalize the hostage deal.
Separately, Hezbollah announced that it would rejoin the ceasefire starting tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., even though it is not part of the agreement.
Houthi rebels in Yemen today again fired a cruise missile at Eilat, which was intercepted by an IDF F-35 stealth jet.
Published by Globes, Israel Business News – fr.globes.co.il – November 22, 2023.
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