Israel and Hamas will start indirect negotiations at the second stage of the weapon suspension agreement in Gaza, officials said on Tuesday, as the Palestinian group of fighters said that this week they would hand over more hostages, including the bodies of two children.
Khalil Al-Hayya, leader of Hamas in Gaza, said that the bodies of four hostages, including the bibas family organs, would be returned on Thursday. Six live hostages will take place on Saturday.
The office of the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that in Cairo a contract was reached to secure the release of six live hostages on Saturday, four deceased hostages on Thursday and four next week next week, but stopped in the name of any of them.
The Israeli official said that the hostages would pass the identification in Israel before they were replaced.
Negotiations on the second phase of the contract were to start on February 4 – but the runny nose, which, together with Egypt and the United States, mediates between the parties – he said that the talks have not officially started yet.
“It will happen this week,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar at a press conference in Jerusalem.
Over the past few weeks, Israel gave mixed signals about his involvement in conversations at the next stage of the three -phase weapon suspension, which entered into force on January 19 with the designated target to end the war in Gaza.
Mother, two children allegedly killed at the end of 2023
The Bibas family, including Kfir Bibas, which was less than a year when he was abducted, and his brother Ariel, then four years, was one of the highest Israeli hostages occupied in the attack on October 7, 2023. Hamas.
Their father Yarden Bibas was released this month, but their mother Shiri was not. Hamas said at the end of 2023 that shiri and children He was killed by Israeli bombing.
Israel did not confirm their death and just said that he had serious concern for his life. After the announcement of Hamas, he asked the privacy of hostage families.
On Saturday, Hamas fighters released three male hostages of Israel, and Israeli forces began to spend hundreds of prisoners in return after Egyptian and Qatarian mediators helped to avoid a distance that threatened that they would sink the fragile suspension of weapons in gas. Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7460415.
The family said that she has been “in the confusion” since Hamas's announcement. “Until we receive the final confirmation, our journey is not over,” he said in a statement.
The identity of the fourth deceased hostage has not yet been announced, but the families of six live hostages were informed, which will be released on Saturday.
Eliyah Cohen, 27 years old, Tal Shoham, 40, Omer Shem Tov, 22 years old, Omer Wenkert, all were hostages on October 7. Two others, Hisham al-Sayed, 36, and Aver Megistu, 39 years old, went to Gaza regardless of gauze, regardless of gauze about themselves about a decade ago and since then they have been held.
Negotiations within the 2nd phase to start
The initial phase of the weapon suspension agreement, which includes a 42-day truce and return of 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, remained for good.
However, negotiations in the second stage, aimed at securing the release of the remaining 64 hostages, should be difficult because they include problems such as the administration of post -war gauze, in which there are large gaps between the sides.
“We will not accept the constant presence of Hamas or any other terrorist organization in gas,” said Saar.
He added, however, that if the negotiations are constructive, Israel would remain involved and can extend the ceasefire.
“If we see, there is a constructive dialogue with a possible horizon to obtain a contract (then) that these time frames will operate longer,” said Saar.
Other hostages considered dead
Until now, 19 Israeli hostages have been returned in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees. If six live hostages and four bodies, as announced, would pay this week, four more would remain. Based on information from Hamas, all four are considered dead.
According to Israel, hostages were taken in a cross -border attack led by Hamas in October 2023, which killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel.
According to Palestinian health officials, he put Israel's waste on gauze on gauze, killed over 48,000 Palestinians, put a waste for a large part of the enclave and displaced hundreds of thousands.
The Israeli official said that Israel would also start allowing the entry of mobile houses for these gases forced to shelter from winter weather among the ruins left for 15 months of Israeli bombing. Construction equipment was allowed on Tuesday in the southern city of Rafah.
Hamas accused Israel of delaying delivery and threatened to postpone the release of hostages until the problem is solved.
The fragile arms suspension agreement was also overshadowed by the call of the US President Donald Trump so that the Palestinians would be derived and the gauze was taken over as the development of the quay under US control.
The plan was rejected by Palestinian groups, Arab states and Western allies of Washington, who claim that this is tantamount to ethnic cleansing. Israeli leaders argued that Gazanie, who want to leave the devastated enclave should do this.
The Israeli defense minister Israel Katz said on Monday that he would create a new unit in his ministry devoted to facilitating the exit of the residents of Gaza who want to move to the third country after reviewing the preliminary plan.