The sixth day of the cease-fire and the hostage release deal with Hamas. After 66 Israelis and twenty foreigners were released as part of the deal, today (Wednesday) ten more Israelis are expected to be released. The family of the 16-year-old boy Amit Shani updated Channel 12 that they received a message that his name in on the list, among the abductees expected to be released today.
Earlier today it was announced that the terrorist organization Hamas announced that it is interested in four more days of ceasefire, in exchange for the release of 10 hostages per day. They forwarded the proposal to the Qatari mediators. In addition, Hamas announced that they would release hostages with Russian citizenship today, outside the quota of 10 abductees in the deal, as a gesture to President Putin.
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 abductees 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.
