The ceasefire in has been finalized with his army announcing that he has begun preparations for hostage reception. Israel and Hamas came to an agreement on the Gaza Strip while the war is going on its 468th day. The Israeli army clarified through X that the preparation operation was baptized “Freedom Wings”. CORVERSE In the meantime, Israeli President Isaac Herchog met with the chairman of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent (EDC), Miriana Spoliaric, to arrange for the implementation of the agreement, according to his services. The ICC had received the hostages from Palestinian militants during the only truce to date, in November 2023, then handing them over to the Israeli armed forces. Based on what Qatar has announced, a country that is mediated in the indirect negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas, 33 hostages will be released in the first phase of the agreement. CORVERSE Always according to Doha, the agreement will enter into force on Sunday 19 January at 12:15 (local time and time of Greece). The “last details” of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, which will be accompanied by an exchange of Israeli hostages with Palestinian prisoners, are still in the process of “defining”, noted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s services around midnight (local time and time of Greece) on Wednesday to Thursday. “There will be no official announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (ed. on the agreement announced by Qatar, a country that mediates indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas) until the final details, currently being settled, are finalized,” according to the laconic briefing of his services.
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