In the hands of the Israeli government is the list of the names of the hostages that Hamas will release today, the fourth and last day of the truce agreement between the two sides.

According to a statement from Netanyahu’s office, the list is being evaluated by Israel and discussions are ongoing.

The truce between Israel and Hamas is currently in its fourth and final day, amid talks on its extension.

In the early hours of Monday, the Islamist organization assured in a statement that “seeks the extension of the truce beyond four days” which the agreement stipulated, with the aim of “increasing the number of prisoners to be released”.

This is something that was foreseen in the agreement.

An AFP source with access to Hamas explained that the movement has “informed mediators” that it wants the truce to be extended. for “two to four days”.

The deal, brokered by Qatar – with the support of Egypt and the US – and which came into effect on Friday, called for a four-day ceasefire, the distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza and the release of 50 of the more than 200 hostages being held. in the Palestinian enclave, in exchange for the release of 150 imprisoned Palestinians.

As of Friday, 39 hostages had been released under the deal and 24 outside itmostly Thais who worked in Israel, as well as 117 Palestinian prisoners, as the agreed ratio is 1 to 3.

There is a clause in the agreement that allows the truce to be extended, subject to the release of 10 hostages a day, in exchange for the release of 30 Palestinians.

Adopted from Israel

Among the hostages released yesterday was a 4-year-old girl with American citizenship, whose first name is Abigail. The child was orphaned in the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. He turned 4 while being held by Hamas.

“She has suffered a terrible psychological trauma,” said US President Joe Biden, according to which the little girl saw her parents killed in front of her eyes.

He added that he wants the extension of the truce.

Likewise the government of France.

“She no longer has parents, but the whole country takes her in its arms. We will take care of her,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who spoke by phone with Mr. Biden.

The clause that provided for the extension of the truce is a “blessing”, Mr. Netanyahu added, but “I have also said that after the agreement we will return to our purpose: to eliminate Hamas and guarantee that the Gaza Strip will not be she is what she was,” she added.

“Win;”

The Israeli Prime Ministerwho is expected today to ask his government to approve a “war” budget of 30 billion shekels (€7.3 billion), he interpreted that military operations will continue as “victory”. He made this statement in northern Gaza, where he went — for the first time since Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave in 2005 — to inspect soldiers.

In the occupied West Bank, buses of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC) transported to Ramallah and Beitunia freedmen who were greeted by crowds waving flags of Palestine, Hamas and other organizations.

“I feel happy and sad at the same time for the blood of our martyrs. I grieve for our martyrs but I am happy for the victory of our resistance,” Yazan Saba, a young prisoner released as part of the truce, told Beituniya.

Israel began its offensive on the Gaza Strip after Hamas militants raided southern sectors of the Israeli territory on October 7, killing 1,200, according to Israeli authorities. During the deadliest attack that Israel has ever suffered by a state, moreover, 240 people were kidnapped and taken to the Palestinian enclave.

In retaliation for this attack, Israel’s military, where the political leadership has vowed to “wipe out” the Palestinian Islamist movement that took power in 2007 in the Gaza Strip, launched relentless bombardments and on October 27 began a ground operation.

According to the latest tally from the Hamas Health Ministry, 14,854 people, including 6,150 children, were killed in the Israeli bombings. Civil protection in Gaza says another 7,000 are missing, much of whom were buried in the rubble.

“200 trucks a day for two months”

Although the truce has offered a respite to Gazans, the humanitarian situation remains “dangerous” and needs “unprecedented”, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

As of Friday, 248 vehicles loaded with humanitarian aid were able to enter the Gaza Strip, according to the UN.

“We would have to send 200 trucks a day for at least two months to cover the needs”UNRWA representative Adnan Abu Hasna told AFP, explaining that “neither drinking water nor food” has yet arrived in some areas.

“They talk about aid and fuel deliveries, but I’ve been at the gas station for nine hours and it’s still closed,” protested Bilal Diab, a resident of the city, to Khan Younis yesterday.

The Israeli military, which designates the northern third of the enclave a war zone, had already repeatedly ordered the civilian population to leave and barred anyone from returning during the cease-fire.

Despite his warnings, thousands of displaced Gazans tried to return to their homes in the north during the truce.

In Gaza City, which has been largely reduced to rubble, residents moved in clouds of dust yesterday amid piles of debris from houses and other buildings, AFP cameras captured.

More than half of the homes in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or completely destroyed, according to the UN; the majority of its residents, 1.7 million of the 2.4 million, have been forcibly displaced.

Hospitals in the southern part of the enclave continue to receive many wounded people brought to them from the north, where almost all health facilities have now ceased to function.