A spokesperson said the hostage release event, planned for February 15, has been postponed until further notice, until Israel provides compensation.
Terrorist group Hamas has made a planned release of more Israeli hostages, claiming Israel has repeatedly violated a ceasefire agreement that allowed other Israeli hostages to leave captivity in the Gaza Strip. It has been announced that it will be postponed.
Hamas Armed Wing spokesman Abu Obeida said he has recorded a series of Israeli ceasefire violations over the past three weeks, including blocking artillery, shootings and delivering relief, and the return of people in the Gaza Strip. Ta. The northern tip of the territory.
Obedida said the planned release of hostages on February 15 would be “deferred until further notice,” until Israelis compensated for alleged violations.
“We will confirm our commitment to the terms of the contract as long as the profession is committed to them,” Obeida said.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the decision to postpone the next hostage release was a complete violation of the ceasefire agreement. He said he instructed the Israeli army to be at the highest alert level.
The planned February 15 hostage release was part of a six-week suspension in combat in the Gaza Strip, during which Israel was filmed during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. We will see the return of people’s hostages.
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Sixteen hostages have left Gaza under previous contracts.
Israel will also release around 2,000 Palestinian detainees in the last six weeks of fighting.
The suspension of combat is the first stage of a three-stage deal for Hamas to return around 100 hostages, and is intended to ultimately hold a permanent ceasefire. The second phase of the transaction is subject to the continued success and negotiation of the first phase.
In return for the three hostages, the Israelis released 183 Palestinian detainees. All of those detained were men between the ages of 20 and 61, of whom, 18 were sentenced to life sentences for fatal attacks on Israelis, and 54 were serving long sentences. , 111 more people were detained after the attack on October 7, 2023. However, he was not on trial for the crime.
Seven of Palestinian detainees released on February 8 were taken to hospital for treatment, according to Red Crescent.
Andrew Thornebrooke and Reuters of Apscoige Press contributed to this report.
