The Palestinian militant group Hamas affirmed its commitment to the Gaza ceasefire deal scheduled for today, saying a delay in disclosing the names of hostages to be released in the first phase was due to “technical field reasons”.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military not to begin the ceasefire in Gaza, scheduled to start at 8:30 am until Hamas issued the names of the hostages to be released, his office said this morning.
“The Prime Minister instructed the IDF that the ceasefire, which is supposed to go into effect at 8:30 am, will not begin until Israel has the list of released abductees that Hamas has pledged to provide,” his office said in a statement.
A ceasefire and hostage release opens the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.
First phase of the ceasefire to start today:
Israeli forces started withdrawing from areas in Gaza’s Rafah to the Philadelphi …
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