Details of the near-complete hostage deal between Israel and Hamas will feature a 4-day pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip beginning Thursday in exchange for the release of 12 hostages per day, mostly women and children, by Hamas, according to Israeli security officials.
Additionally, if Hamas agrees to extend the truce, an additional 10 hostages would be released for each extra day of the fighting pause. Being that Hamas does not have all the hostages – some are being held by other terrorist factions, and reportedly even by Gaza crime families – extra truce days would allow Hamas to locate additional hostages for release.
According to reports, the IDF, Mossad, and Shin Bet all support this deal, indicating that they believe a temporary pause will not ruin Israel’s ability to destroy Hamas once it is over.
“We are talking about hostages who are all alive and are Israeli. Foreigners may also be released with the intervention of other countries with which Hamas is in contact,” an unnamed Israeli security officials said of the hostages whose release is being discussed.
On Israel’s end, it is expected to release between 150 and 300 Palestinians, also mainly women and children, who are sitting in Israeli prisons for terror-related crimes. Importantly, Israeli officials stressed that no prisoners who have been convicted of murder will be allowed out of prison under this deal.
Also, Israel has reportedly agreed to stop its drone surveillance of the Gaza Strip for six hours each day during the pause, though officials say that the IDF has “surveillance capabilities other than drones” that would allow them to keep an eye on Hamas movements during that time.
During the ceasefire, Gazans will not be allowed to return from the southern Gaza Strip to its northern areas, and regardless of how long the truce remains in place, the IDF is expected to resume its full-force operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip once it expires.
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Oy vay
Why? Why shouldn’t all hostages be freed in exchange for a ceasefire?
Learn Mussar:
Really? You think it is rational for Israel to not complete the eradication of Hamas? You’re either smoking something of simply foolish. For years now, we have been reading about acts of terror and how Israel retaliated by bombing a few sites of launchers, terror camps, etc. These reports are especially angering because the few places Israel destroyed were just a speck of the problem. We see now just how many targets were discovered in the current war. Why were they permitted to remain? Anything we leave behind will only become the beginning of their next terror campaign. It’s like Amalek. The mitzvah was to eradicate them totally. Shaul Hamelech decided to leave remnants behind. The consequence of his losing the melucha was just representative of how much this was against the Will of Hashem. If any Hamas are left alive, they will flourish and will fulfill their promise to attack again. Ceasefire is stupid and self destructive.
A reporter asked Daniel Hagari,
What happens if during the cease fire, Hamas abducts Israeli soldiers? Especially if Israel agrees to remove drones for 6 hours as reported.
If they let out 300 prisoners, they should release all of the hostages.
Extremely sad situation but the wording makes this announcement sound like playing a game of “now we stop for a break, then we carry on”. Regarding the comment by “Learn Mussar”, I suppose we are in a situation of “Tofasto meruba, lo tofasto” and they are trying to get as many out as can be done, rather than allowing the hostages to suffer any longer. Hashem yerachem!
no ceasefire at all anymore just maybe start 2 free all the hostages at one time ok and maybe continue 2 fight the war and iyh with hashems help on our side we’ll win the war 4 once and 4 all
Why on earth do you wait until the 5th paragraph to say that Israel has to release hundreds of dangerous people?
I don’t learn mussar, but I feel the same way. Are we also going to free 30,000 blood thirsty jailed terrorists too? I loathe being in the position of those who have to make these amazingly difficult decisions, but I would not ease up one drop. These beasts, besides not trustworthy, they are not deserving of any considerations. POUND AWAY
the israel government is pure evil without any Daas Torah
12*5=60
10*18=180
60+180=240 12+10=22
So after 22 days, does the incineration resume? or shall President Donald Trump שליט”א [possibly with putin] fly to Israel 🇮🇱 to mediate a long term truce?
Oh have to ask yourself why is hamas so desperate for a 4 day ceasefire that they are willing to give up many hostages?