The Red Cross explained that its teams have reached the first designated site for their delivery in the Gaza Strip, where they have so far received 7 Israeli hostages. According to Israeli reports, the seven detainees are: Gali and Zeev Berman, Matan Angrist, Alon Ohyle, Omri Miran, Eitan Mor, and Guy Gilboa Dalal, according to ‘Times of Israel.’ The ‘Al-Qassam Brigades’ were deployed in Khan Yunis, Monday morning, in preparation for the start of the handover process of the Israeli prisoners.
U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Monday that the war in the Gaza Strip has ended, indicating that the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will hold. He revealed that the Hamas movement might release some of the hostages they hold earlier than the date specified in the ceasefire agreement between the movement and Israel. Trump explained, ‘It might be a bit early.’ He also noted that a ‘Peace Council’ will be formed in Gaza soon.
The Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh is hosting a peace summit on Monday to end the war in the Gaza Strip, chaired jointly by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump, with the participation of leaders from more than 20 countries, as announced by the Egyptian presidency.
The first phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip came into effect last Friday noon, following indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel, hosted by the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh last week, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, the United States, and Turkey, based on a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza. Hamas and Israel signed the arrangements for its first phase.
Hamas announced the withdrawal of the occupation forces, the entry of aid, and the exchange of prisoners, calling on the guaranteeing parties to oblige the Israeli government to fully implement the agreement’s entitlements. For its part, the Israeli army confirmed last Friday that its forces were positioned on new operational deployment lines, towards the yellow line, as part of the first phase of the agreement, while remaining in control of about 53 percent of the Gaza Strip’s area.
Trump had revealed on September 29th, during a press conference at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a plan to end the ongoing war for about two years between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
