 "Ceasefire begins in Gaza, Hamas names three hostages, Israel ceases firing, Middle East peace?")
Tel Aviv: A ceasefire has finally been reached in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. At the last minute on Sunday, Israel’s prime minister warned that a cease-fire would not take effect until Hamas shared a list of hostages. But Hamas has now released the names of the three female hostages. Under the agreement, these three hostages will be released first on Sunday. After the release of the hostage list, Israel said the ceasefire would take effect at 11:15 a.m. local time, The Times of Israel reported. According to Indian time, the ceasefire came into force at 2:45 pm.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was to take effect at 6:30 a.m. Sunday. However, shortly before the deadline, an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began to dampen expectations that an Israel-Hamas ceasefire would be achieved. Indeed, both Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli Defense Forces said the cease-fire would not take effect until Hamas shared a list of hostages to be released in the first phase of the deal. After this, Hamas shared the names of the three Israeli hostages on Telegram.
Who will Hamas release?
Israel to release three female Israeli hostages Their names are Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher.
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Doron Steinbrecher: Doron Steinbrecher is 31 years old and was working as a veterinary nurse. He was abducted from his apartment on October 7 at 10:30 am following an attack by Hamas terrorists.
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Romi Gonen: Romi Gonen, 24, was at the Supernova festival when the attack happened. In June last year, his mother addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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Emily Damari: A 28-year-old British-Israeli citizen was taken hostage from Kibbutz Kfar Ajah. Damari was the only British-Israeli hostage held by Hamas.
The hostages will be investigated
Israel’s Health Ministry has issued guidelines to hospitals regarding hostages released during the Gaza ceasefire agreement. This includes testing for sexually transmitted diseases as well as pregnancy tests for female hostages. Dr. Head of the General Medicine Division of the Ministry of Health. Hagar Mizrahi said the protocol this time is significantly different compared to the hostages released during the temporary ceasefire in November 2023. This time people will come out after spending 15 months in prison.