Hamas says it will postpone the hostage release by blaming Israel.
A spokesperson for Hamas’s Armed Wing says that the group is postponing the next scheduled release of the Israeli hostages, which he said that he is guilty of the Israeli violation of the ceasefire deal.
The three hostages held in Gaza are to be freed in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners held in Israel on Saturday.
Abu OBida said that the release would not proceed until Israel complies with its obligations. He said that violations include delay in the return of the Palestinians displaced in the north, firing on people, and Gaza failed to allow humanitarian aid “in all the agreed forms”.
Israel’s Defense Minister called the announcement a “full violation of the ceasefire agreement”.
Defense Minister Israel Katj said he had ordered the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to “prepare the highest level alert” for any possible scenario in Gaza and to protect communities.
“We will not allow a return to reality on 7 October (2023),” when Hamas attacked Israel, trigger the war.
Hamas was announced shortly before that before gathering in Tel Aviv to mark the 24th birthday of the Israeli mortgage. Alon ohailHis second in captivity.
He was taken hostage from Nova Festival on 7 October 2023.
Mia Goldstein, a participant of the rally for Ohail, told the BBC that there should be “immense pressure” to get the rest of the hostages, adding the delay of Hamas to “frightening”.
After the announcement from Hamas, Mishal Neman, who participated in a protest in Tel Aviv, said the hostages “should have been out a few months ago. You see the situation, they are dying there, and their blood is in the hands of this government. Is in “.
United Nations spokesman Farhan Haq said that “any delay” would be an issue in the delicate ceasefire deal, and said that all parties involved in it should follow their previously stated agreements and deadline.
According to the news agency AFP, Hamas said that “the door remains open”
The allegations made by Hamas on Monday include that Israel is “delaying the return of displaced persons in North Gaza”, “targeted them with shelling and shelling in various areas of the strip”, and violation of agreement on assistance supply To do.
But the announcement did not refer to Donald Trump or American policy, but it comes after the strong comments made by the US President last week about America. Gaza owe And redeveloping it.
His proposal included rehabilitation of Palestinians outside the area, and is praised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “revolutionary and creative”.
Militant The statement is the latest in a series of recurrence functions between the two sides.
Israel delayed two days, allowing the displaced Palestinians to return to the north of the Gaza Strip, accusing Hamas of accusing a woman Israeli citizen of freeing a commitment to free the mortgage.
Israel recently briefly delayed to release the Palestinian prisoners to the West Bank occupied, the way the hostages were released through the crowd of the audience in Gaza, after expressing anger at it. .
On Friday, Hamas exceeded a time limit for a short time , Essential under ceasepay , Facing anxiety in Israel. This came when he accused Israel of failing to follow his commitment to promote the amount of human assistance allowed in Gaza, which “large -scale growth by the United Nations’s human head” “Was described as”.
Since the ceasefire began on January 19, 16 Israel and five Thai hostages were released in exchange for 566 prisoners.
By the end of the first phase of the ceasefire in three weeks time, 33 hostages and 1,900 prisoners are expected to be freed. Israel says that eight out of 33 have died.
Hamas took 251 hostages and killed about 1,200 people when Hamas was attacked in October 2023. According to the Hamas-Interested Health Ministry, Israel started a military campaign in response, killing at least 48,000 Palestinians.
The seventy-three hostages taken on 7 October, and three others were taken a decade ago, are still being held in Gaza.
