The terrorist organization Hamas announces that it handed over two hostages with Russian citizenship to the Red Cross organization, as a gesture to President Putin. At the same time, a message was sent to the families of the abductees who will be released tonight, asking them to come to the hospitals in preparation for the release.
It was also published today (Wednesday) in Srugim that Hamas announced that it is interested in four more days of truce, in exchange for the release of 10 abductees per day. They forwarded the proposal to the Qatari mediators.
As part of the cease-fire agreement that was approved about two weeks ago, and spoke of a four-day cease-fire, the option of continuing non-combat was given in exchange for the release of prisoners every day. Now it appears that Hamas, which has already exercised the option for the first two days, is seeking to extend and fill the quota, thereby releasing 100 Israeli hostages (women and children) in exchange for 300 prisoners imprisoned in Israel (female terrorists and minor terrorists).
As a reminder, the government's decision established a 10-day framework for a ceasefire and gave an option for 300 names of terrorists who could be released in the current terms of the agreement. So there is no need for a new government decision regarding the extension of the deal between Israel and Hamas.