The Red Cross transports prisoners (Reuters)
As the temporary truce in the Gaza Strip extends and enters its fifth day, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majid Al-Ansari said in a press conference on Tuesday that Doha is focusing on extending the ceasefire. fire between Hamas and Israel until the day after tomorrow. Wednesday.
An upcoming discussion about the military
The Qatari official confirmed that the extension decision will be made based on the movement’s ability to continue releasing 10 prisoners per day.
He added that Qatar could not verify the number of prisoners remaining after the twenty that Hamas will release today and tomorrow, two days more than the initially planned truce of four days.
He also announced that there would be a discussion about Israeli military detainees in Gaza at a later date.
In a related context, Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath correspondent reported that heads of the Mossad and American intelligence arrived in Qatar to discuss the issue of prisoners and the truce.
These developments came after Palestinian factions expressed their appreciation for Egypt and Qatar’s role in the prisoner deal and temporary ceasefire.
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He appealed to Egypt to take in more of the wounded in need of treatment.
Yesterday, Monday, the Hamas movement confirmed the agreement with Qatar and Egypt to extend the temporary humanitarian truce, which began last Friday and ended today, for another two days, “under the same previous conditions”.
While the temporary ceasefire, extended for 4 days, between Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip led to the release of 68 Israeli prisoners, as well as workers of other nationalities, in exchange for 150 Palestinian women and children who had been languishing for months and years in Israeli prisons.
It also paved the way for more rescue trucks to enter the densely populated sector.
An absolute siege
Interestingly, Israel has imposed an “absolute siege” on the Gaza Strip, which was already under a siege since Hamas came to power in 2007, since October 9, cutting off water, food, electricity, medicine and fuel, in following the Hamas attack.
While, according to the United Nations, more than half of the homes in the Strip have been damaged or destroyed due to violent Israeli raids. Around 1.7 million out of 2.4 million Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip.