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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau announced Sunday that an statement has been reached with Hamas to merchandise further hostages starting this Thursday, portion besides allowing Palestinians to instrumentality to the bluish portion of the Gaza Strip opening Monday morning.
Qatar helped mediate the agreement, which is expected to easiness the archetypal large situation of the fragile ceasefire betwixt Hamas and Israel.
"After steadfast and determined negotiations led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, Hamas has backed down and volition behaviour an further signifier of hostage releases this coming Thursday," Netanyahu’s office said. "As portion of this phase, Israeli national Arbel Yehud, worker Agam Berger, and 1 further hostage volition beryllium released."
The connection besides noted that 3 further hostages volition beryllium released connected Saturday arsenic portion of the agreement.
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Israel confirmed Hamas handed implicit a database that specified the information of the hostages expected to beryllium released successful the archetypal stage. Local media besides reported the database specified the fig of surviving and dormant hostages, though names were not included.
Israeli officials assertion astir of the 26 remaining hostages are alive, which coincides with the database Hamas provided.
Netanyahu’s bureau besides said Israel volition let Palestinians to instrumentality to the bluish portion of the Gaza Strip opening Monday greeting nether the statement with Hamas.
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Netanyahu reiterated that Israel volition not tolerate immoderate usurpation of the statement betwixt the 2 parties, adding that helium volition proceed to propulsion for the instrumentality of each hostages, dormant oregon alive.
Likewise, the White House released a connection connected Sunday day saying the statement betwixt Israel and Lebanon volition beryllium monitored by the U.S. and volition stay successful effect until Feb. 18, 2025.
"The Government of Lebanon, the Government of Israel, and the Government of the United States volition besides statesman negotiations for the instrumentality of Lebanese prisoners captured aft October 7, 2023," the connection read.
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The statement betwixt Israel and Hamas comes aft the erstwhile accused the second of changing the bid of hostages it had planned to release. As a result, Israeli forces blocked thousands of Palestinians from returning to bluish Gaza.
Israeli forces besides announced Friday that they would not retreat from confederate Lebanon arsenic the ceasefire requires until the Lebanese authorities afloat implements its ain responsibilities. According to the agreement, some groups were expected to marque withdrawals by Sunday.
"IDF troops operating successful confederate Lebanon fired informing shots to region threats successful a fig of areas wherever suspects were identified approaching the troops," the IDF wrote successful a connection earlier Sunday.
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The disputes came conscionable aft President Donald Trump called for Egypt and Jordan to judge refugees from Gaza to "clean out" the region.
"I’d similar Egypt to instrumentality people," Trump said. "You’re talking astir about apt a cardinal and a fractional people, and we conscionable cleanable retired that full happening and say, 'You know, it’s over.'"
Trump said helium applauded Jordan for accepting Palestinian refugees but that helium told the king: "I’d emotion for you to instrumentality connected more, due to the fact that I’m looking astatine the full Gaza Strip close now, and it’s a mess. It’s a existent mess."
Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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