Palestinian movements have confirmed that they will hand over Israeli hostages in accordance with the agreed deadline in US President Donald Trump's plan. Hamas has already divided the surviving hostages into groups ahead of the swap with Israel. The transfer will take place in 3 different locations, a Hamas leadership source told Al Jazeera.
„Palestinian resistance movements have confirmed their commitment to free Israeli prisoners within the agreed deadline. The resistance movement has completed the census of the remaining prisoners and distributed them among the transfer points in the Gaza Strip,“ the source noted.
He also specified that “delegations from the resistance and the Red Cross will meet tonight to agree on the mechanism for transferring Israeli prisoners“.
The Palestinian movement Hamas demands that Israel release 7 Palestinian leaders as part of a prisoner exchange,” Agence France-Presse reports, citing sources.
“Hamas demands the release of 7 Palestinian leaders as part of a prisoner exchange,“ the publication states.
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas had reached an agreement to implement the first phase of a peace plan to resolve the conflict in the Gaza Strip. In the first phase, Hamas would release Israeli hostages, while Israel would withdraw its forces to an agreed line in the Gaza Strip and release hundreds of Palestinians from Israeli prisons, including many serving life sentences for terrorism.
Trump's peace plan for Gaza, unveiled on September 29, includes 20 points and calls for an immediate ceasefire, provided the hostages are released within 72 hours. The document also proposes that Hamas and other Palestinian groups not participate in governing the Gaza Strip, directly or indirectly, and that control be transferred to a technocratic authority under international supervision, led by Trump himself.