The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which was extended twice at the last minute, was extended for another day. In their statement to the Wall Street Journal, Egyptian officials reported that Hamas had found a compromise regarding increasing the number of prisoners in Israeli prisons and Israel the number of prisoners released, but no official statement was issued by either side.
Mark Regev, an advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel is open to maintaining the ceasefire if Hamas releases more hostages. Israel had previously set 10 people per day as the minimum it would accept to stop the attack, but Hama released 8 people in the morning.
“Everything was very good”
Mia Sham, who was held captive by Hamas for nearly two months, described her experience in the following words after her release:
“The people were very nice, and they were very good to me. The food was good, they were good to us, and everything was very good.”
Mia continued in her statements that her broken arm was treated by Hamas doctors.
Palestinian prisoners were released
With the prisoner exchange, the Israeli wing announced that a total of 30 Palestinians had been released from Israeli prisons in Damon, Megiddo, Ofer, Nafha, Ketziot, and Ramon. Under the terms of the recent ceasefire between the two sides, Israel must release three Palestinians for every Israeli hostage released.
(tags for translation)Israel