Israeli hostages are to be released on Monday, October 13, as part of an agreement on a ceasefire that was mediated by Donald Trump, which was previously agreed between Israel and Hamas.
“We expect all 20 of our live hostages to be released together at once to the Red Cross and transports between six to eight vehicles,” said Shosh Bedrosian, a spokesman for the Israeli government before Monday’s hostage.
Of the 48 hostages that are still in Gaza, 20 are considered alive.
After release, the hostages will be driven to a military base to see their families or hospitals if medical care is needed. The remnants of the deceased hostages are expected to be sent to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine to identify, reported Watchman.
After the ceasefire conditions, as soon as the hostages are on Israeli territory, Tel Aviv will issue about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners currently in custody.
This means that several Hamas commanders, a prominent Palestinian political personality, and some detained doctors whose issuance has requested Hamas, will not be on the list of detainees to be exempted by Israel, and the group is reportedly still interviewed with the Israeli authorities to release them.
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“Eternal Peace”?
Development comes after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of Trump’s Peace Plan, ending the hostility, which two years ago in 2023 caused Hamas 7th October attack.
“I think it will be a lasting peace, hopefully eternal peace,” said the US President at the time, hope that will be tested in the coming weeks.
The first step in the 20-point plan of US President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza, Monday’s hostage replacement could mean a key step towards permanent peace in the war region, with a ceasefire from Friday.
Swap also comes at a time when the US President himself flies to Israel to supervise the exchange, something he believes will signal the end of the war that has left the region destroyed.
Asked by the BBC if peace would be held before his trip to Israel, the president seemed to be confident, saying“Everyone is happy and I think it will stay that way.”
“I am good in solving wars. I am good in peace,” Trump said further, adding that the region would soon “normalize” with planned supervision called the advice of peace to be “very quickly” to supervise the war gaz.
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