After the approval of the hostage deal last night (Tuesday) and before the joint press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Minister Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with US President Joe Biden and thanked him for his assistance in reaching the outline for the release of the hostages.
Earlier today it was announced that on the eve of the expected release of the hostage deal with the terrorist organization Hamas into action: a political source confirms: "It is not certain that we will stop at 50 hostages." Regarding the possibility of the violation of the agreement by the terrorist organization, he added: "Every shooting will be considered a violation, will it count as an explosion of the deal, that's another question."
The words of the political source: "Any shooting will be considered a violation, whether it will be considered an explosion of the deal is another question. There may be violations of the ceasefire, which are not within the framework of an order from the senior level of Hamas" In total, Hamas has 93 women and children and another 5 female soldiers, who are currently not included in the deal. "We managed to reduce the definition of women soldiers, only to women who were in active service, contrary to the previous requirement."
Regarding the children, the source said that at the moment it is estimated that there are about 30 kidnapped children under the control of Hamas, but there is no exact number. The source added: "Hamas definitely has difficulties in releasing a large number of abductees, we think that over the course of the days there is a high chance that it will locate the rest. There is a good chance that we will not stop at a deal of 50, we may even reach 75-80 abductees who will be released as part of the whole deal."
Regarding the reports from Lebanon that the fire will also be stopped in the northern sector during the ceasefire days, a political official said: "We do not have an agreement with Hezbollah, if they continue to attack they will be attacked."