The U.S. administration official said the United States “expects the release of more than 50 detainees at an early stage,” according to Reuters.
Below are the most important details mentioned by the US official regarding the agreement:
- The initial release of detainees will begin 24 hours after the agreement is reached.
- At least 50 women and children will be released within four or five days.
- In some cases, Hamas needs a reprieve to locate some detainees.
- The agreement was reached to encourage the release of further prisoners after the age of fifty.
- The American government hopes that the truce will also increase the arrival of humanitarian aid.
- 3 Americans, including a girl who will soon turn 4, will be included among the first to be released in the detainees deal between Israel and Hamas.
- A strict inspection regime will ensure that Hamas does not exploit the truce to obtain more weapons.
- America hopes that the truce will be implemented in Gaza by Hezbollah and Israeli forces in northern Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday that the government had voted in favor of the proposed deal to release some detainees in Gaza.
The Israeli prime minister’s office confirmed that “50 women and children will be released within four days, during which the fighting will end.”
Israel has pledged to “continue the war” against Hamas after the truce ends, Agence France-Presse cited the Israeli government as saying.