Minutes before the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was expected to expire, both parties confirm that it will be extended by an extra day. – The operational pause will continue in light of the mediators’ efforts to continue the process of releasing the hostages and subject to the conditions in the framework, writes the Israeli defense on X/Twitter. The ceasefire came into effect on Friday morning last week, and was supposed to last for four days. It was then extended by two new days. A seventh day is now being added to the humanitarian pause. A minibus with Israeli hostages that Hamas handed over to Israel arrived at Sheba Hospital in Ramat Gan in Israel on Thursday night. This was the sixth batch of exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners since the start of the ceasefire last Friday. Photo: Leo Correa / AP Hostage negotiations The two parties have negotiated the exchange of hostages, and the United States, Qatar and Egypt have assisted in the mediation. The well-known Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi is to be one of the released prisoners on Thursday morning. Until the last hour, it was uncertain whether the parties would reach an agreement within the deadline, after several expressed disagreements. Hamas has previously provided Israel with a list of hostages it would release on Thursday. But the list initially did not meet the Israeli requirements, according to the Israeli broadcaster KAN. An Israeli source told the channel that if Hamas did not change the list by 6 o’clock Thursday morning, then Israel would restart the fighting. Ahed Tamini was welcomed by acquaintances on the West Bank early Thursday morning. Photo: John MACDOUGALL / AFP Hamas, for its part, claimed that Israel has refused to receive seven women and children held hostage, as well as the bodies of three others, in exchange for an extended ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Due to disagreements, therefore, Hamas asked its soldiers to prepare for new battles. But Israel and Hamas agreed in the end. The exact details of the new agreement are still unclear, but Israel confirmed on Thursday that it had received a new list of hostages to be released. Has released prisoners and freed hostages On Wednesday evening, 30 Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons. A little earlier, 14 hostages arrived in Israel after being released by Hamas. They were handed over to Red Cross personnel and sent from the Gaza Strip via Egypt to Israel. Ten of them are Israelis and four are Thais, writes the Times of Israel. Thus, Hamas has released 97 hostages so far. Around 150 hostages remain in the Gaza Strip after being abducted by Hamas during the attack on Israel on 7 October.
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