Hamas called for a cease-fire in Gaza 48 hours before the agreement comes into force.
The radical Palestinian movement Hamas demanded a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip 48 hours before the agreement with by Israel on the release of hostages. This was reported on January 17 by Al Jazeera TV channel.
"Hamas demanded a lull [in the Gaza Strip] 48 hours before the agreement entered into force in order to be able to transfer prisoners on the very first day," the Telegram channel says.
Earlier in the day, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reported that some of the hostages href="https://iz.ru/1823898/2025-01-17/pervykh-izrailskikh-zalozhnikov-mogut-vernut-iz-gazy-19-ianvaria " target="_blank">may be released as early as Sunday, January 19th.
On Friday, January 17, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported that at the first stage, in exchange for 2,000 Palestinian prisoners href="https://iz.ru/1823745/2025-01-17/izrail-v-obmen-na-33-zalozhnika-osvobodit-iz-tiurem-2-tys-palestintcev"> Hamas to release 33 Israeli hostages - children, women (including military personnel), men over 50 and "humanitarian hostages". In addition, representatives of the Palestinian movement and Israel The final version of the deal was signed in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
About the achievement The ceasefire agreement in Gaza became known on January 15. The next day, the Ministry of Defense and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) preparations have begun for the implementation of the agreement. In particular, the management of checkpoints under the Ministry of Defense of the state and the design department will be involved in the execution of the transaction in order to speed up logistics.
At the same time, the IDF launched a massive strike on Gaza, which killed at least 30 Palestinians. Later at Netanyahu's office They accused Hamas of blackmail attempts and deviations from part of the agreements. The movement, in turn, stated that the Israeli army attacked a place where href="https://iz.ru/1823423/2025-01-16/v-khamas-soobshchili-ob-udarakh-izrailia-po-mestunakhozhdeniia-odnoi-iz-zalozhnitc " target="_blank">one of the hostages was being held.
The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian radical movement Hamas exposed the territory of Israel href="https://iz.ru/1585586/2023-10-07/palestinskaia-gruppirovka-khamas-zaiavila-o-5-tys-vypushchennykh-po-izrailiu-raket"> massive rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. On the same day, Israel began to inflict retaliatory strikes.
