The release of hostages and prisoners continues in the long-standing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

Israeli authorities have announced that they have approved the recording of 50 Palestinian women imprisoned in the country that is on the list of people who could be released in exchange for the release of new hostages by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), following the agreement reached on Monday to extend the temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for two days to continue with this release process.

“The government has approved the inclusion of 50 (Palestinian) prisoners on the list of prisoners who could be selected for release in the event of an additional release of Israeli hostages,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said. message on his account on the social network X.

Subsequently, the Israeli Ministry of Justice published on its website the list of 50 imprisoned Palestinians who could be released, including prominent activist Ahed Tamimi, who was rearrested on November 6 in a series of operations by Israeli security forces in the West Bank.

In addition, Netanyahu’s office confirmed that it had received the letter list of the names of the hostages to be released by Hamas on Tuesday as part of the agreement to extend the ceasefire, the newspaper said The times of Israel.

Until the date 50 Israelis have been released, 17 Thai, a Filipino And a Russianwhile Israeli authorities have released 150 Palestinians (all women and young people aged 18 or younger).

Catastrophic situation

The temporary ceasefire was agreed last week between Israel and Hamas and also aims to increase humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

However, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, denounced this Tuesday that “the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic” despite the arrival of humanitarian aid thanks to the ceasefire reached by the government. of the Islamic group Hamas.

The UN continues to use every minute of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to provide assistance to the population in the south of the territory, where the vast majority of the 1.8 people internally displaced by the war are located, as well as in the north. true There remains a significant number of citizens whose access was impossible for weeks.

According to the UN Humanitarian Coordination Office’s daily report on the situation in Gaza, apart from a few reported incidents, the ceasefire was widely respected for the fourth day in a row and humanitarian actors were able to continue delivering aid to the shelters where citizens are taken there. hideout.

However, the United Nations stressed that the aid movement must be strengthened and that the opening of the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Gaza and Israel is very necessary, which was the main entry point for goods into the Palestinian enclave until the outbreak of the conflict.

As the movement of trucks carrying aid lasted well into the night, the UN did not specify how many vehicles of this type entered Gaza this Monday.

More deaths in the West Bank

At least two Palestinians, one of them a minor, were killed this Tuesday by Israeli army gunfire near the West Bank city of Ramallah, where clashes broke out this Monday as a group of civilians waited for the arrival of three Palestinians women. and thirty minors recently released from Ofer prison.

Since the Islamic Resistance Movement’s (Hamas) attack on Israel on October 7, the IDF and Israeli settlers have intensified their attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, killing more than 230 people, including 59 children.

Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip has so far left more than 15,000 dead, including more than 6,100 children; The Israeli authorities, in turn, estimate the death toll at 1,200 and the number of hostages at more than 240 after the Hamas offensive.