Israeli media reports are now saying that Israel has received the names of the captives that will be released on the first day of the ceasefire.
The mechanism of this is that Hamas informs Qatar, the mediator, and then Qatar informs Israel. It looks like this has now been done.
These are three women who are not soldiers – possibly over the age of 50, or minors.
Earlier, a Hamas official said that the list of captives to be released under the ceasefire deal would be handed over “any moment”, but that “complexities” in Gaza and Israeli bombing were causing delays.
The Doha-based official, who took part in the ceasefire negotiations, told AFP at “any moment, the names of the three prisoners … will be handed over, but the complexities of the field situation and the continued bombing have delayed that”.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s civil defence agency stated that Israeli attacks killed at least eight people and wounded dozens after 06:30 GMT, when the ceasefire was supposed to take effect.
Israel had said the ceasefire had been delayed by Hamas failing to hand over the list.
Source: Al Jazeera
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