There is a significant delay in the talks on the release of the fourth group of Israeli hostages scheduled for today, Monday.

As reported by the Times of Israel, citing an Israeli official, one of the key issues delaying the talks is that the list of names Hamas plans to release separates many children from their mothers.

It is reminded that under the cease-fire agreement, Hamas is prohibited from separating children from their motherswhich he has already done once before in previous hostage releases.

Earlier the office of the Israeli Prime Minister reported that talks on the release of the hostages continue.

Reuters: Close to an agreement to extend the truce between Israel and Hamas

At the same time, a Reuters report states that negotiations to extend the truce are close to being finalized, according to three Egyptian security sources.

Egyptian, Qatari and US officials are still debating how long the extension will last and which prisoners will be released under the dealthe same sources said.

They themselves explained that Hamas is asking for a four-day extension, while Israel is asking for the extension to be decided day by day.

The initial agreement provides for the extending the truce by one day for every additional 10 hostages released by Hamas.

Not long ago An Israeli official said it was up to Hamas to decide whether to extend the truce.

Eylon Levy stated: “Hamas is aware, this option for an extension (of the ceasefire) is open”. He added that Israel wants to get back another 50 hostagesin addition to those returning tonight.

“Once this framework expires, Israel will continue with all its might” he said, essentially repeating that Israeli military operations in Gaza are not over.

The need to extend the truce to avoid more deaths in Gaza was also expressed by Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki.

“We have work to do to keep this truce going … so Israel doesn’t keep attacking”said al-Malki from Barcelona.

“The truce went into effect with 15,000 deaths. If we see the war continue, then the death toll will double because the concentration of population is now twice as high.”the AP reports.

“The population of Gaza has been concentrated in the south of Gaza”, he said, speaking in Spanish. “So any attack that previously killed one child will now kill two. That is why it is important to extend this truce” he concluded.

He asked for the extension of the humanitarian pause in hostilities in Gaza NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, during a press conference he gave today ahead of the two-day Summit of Foreign Ministers of the Alliance to be held on November 28 and 29 in Brussels.

G. Stoltenberg said that an extension of the humanitarian pause is necessary to allow further aid to reach the Palestinian people of Gaza, but also for the release of more hostages. G. Stoltenberg also added that Iran should restrain its “relatives” and partners.

Monday mornings, 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.