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Hamas released two Israelites hostages on Saturday. The fourth exchange of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza is underway.
The six -week truce is the first stage of the complex three -step transactions that have been beaten by the US -led mediators who have hoped for the end of the 15 -month war in Gaza, and are the most fatal battles in history. It’s a round. The conflict between Israel and Palestine.
The Israeli government stated that two men (Yaden Vivas and offer Calderon) were handed over to the Gaza army and they would take them off the land.
The third hostage of the Israelites will also be released. In exchange, Israel made 183 Palestinian prisoners free of charge in the second half of Saturday.
Further milestones in the two -week old ceasefire are expected to have injured Palestinian groups to Egypt via Rafa intersection in the second half of Saturday. May last year.
According to Israeli officials, the war was caused by an attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and seized 250 hostages.
According to Palestinian officials, Israel responded with catastrophic attacks that killed more than 47,000 people, reducing most of Gaza on tiles Rubs, and supplying fuel to the humanitarian catastrophe on the flying land.
Approximately 100 hostages were released during the only past ceasefire of the war in late 2023, but a handful of Israeli troops were rescued. Israel has also collected some hostages.
In total, Hamas will release 33 hostages in exchange for about 1,900 Palestinian prisoners in the first stage of the transaction. Israeli officials said earlier this week that eight out of 33, including women, children, sick, and the elderly, were dead.
In the second stage, when Israel and Hamas are planning to start negotiations in the next few days, Hamas intends to release all the remaining hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian detainees. war.
The third and final stages include the remaining body of the dead hostage and the rebuilding of Gaza.
