The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is in its third day, and is scheduled to last until Monday. On Sunday, it was expected that Hamas would release several hostages in a third pool. The news agency AFP and Haaretz report that, according to the Israeli defense, the Red Cross has taken in 14 Israeli and three Thai hostages. Hamas confirms this. The Israeli newspaper Times of Israel has previously written that it should be about children and women. One Russian citizen was also released by Hamas earlier Sunday, at the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Originally, it was expected that 7 foreign hostages would be released. 59 hostages released since Friday Hamas has released a total of 59 Israeli and foreign hostages since Friday, who were captured during Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October. In return for the release of hostages, Israel will release 39 new Palestinians who have been imprisoned in Israel, as they also did on Saturday. Several of the Palestinians who have been and are imprisoned in Israel may have been imprisoned without trial, in so-called administrative detention, a practice that has been strongly criticized. Netanyahu in Gaza On Sunday, 120 trucks with emergency aid were allowed to pass into Gaza from Egypt. Two of these were transporting fuel, and two others were transporting gas for cooking, writes the Jerusalem Post. The AFP news agency reports that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is in Gaza on Sunday. There, he is said to have told Israeli forces that “we shall continue until victory.”
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