To this point, 13 Israeli hostages of the 33 kids, ladies and older males set to be launched within the first, 42-day section of the settlement have come house and tons of of Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been launched in change. 5 Thai hostages have additionally been returned.
Work on the second stage of the multi-phase settlement, aimed toward securing the discharge of round 60 male hostages and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, has begun and an Israeli negotiating group was anticipated to fly on Saturday to Doha, Israeli media reported on Friday.
Nevertheless the accusations levelled by Hamas in opposition to Israel confirmed how little belief there was between the 2 sides following greater than 15 months of the bloodiest episode within the decades-long battle.
The Israeli army mentioned on Friday that commanders have been conducting situational assessments forward of the subsequent section of the settlement at present being mentioned, with troops deployed at numerous factors across the Gaza Strip.
“CLEAR MANIPULATION”
Hamas mentioned solely 8,500 vans out of the 12,000 that ought to have arrived thus far had entered the Gaza Strip, most containing meals and secondary items together with chips and chocolate as an alternative of different pressing wants.
“This demonstrates clear manipulation of aid and shelter priorities,” it mentioned.
As well as, solely 10 per cent of the 200,000 tents and 60,000 caravans wanted to supply shelter had arrived, it mentioned, leaving tons of of hundreds in harsh winter climate.
Lastly, heavy equipment wanted to clear tens of millions of tonnes of rubble and get well the hundreds of our bodies considered buried had not arrived.
