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Main events from Januari 5th

  • Hamas and Israel are debating the details of a potential ceasefire agreement, with the Palestinian group telling the Reuters news agency that it has approved a list of 34 captives presented by Israeli authorities to be exchanged as part of the first phase of the truce.
  • Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza, killing at least four Palestinians in an attack on southern Rafah and two others, including a child, in the central Bureij refugee camp.
  • An eighth baby has died of hypothermia in Gaza as temperatures plummet and Israel continues to severely restrict the entry of humanitarian aid, including blankets and winter supplies.
  • In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces killed two people, including a 17-year-old boy, during the storming of the Askar refugee camp near Nablus and launched more raids across the territory, including the city of Qalqilya, and the towns of Qusra and ar-Ram.
  • The Israeli newspaper Haaretz says Israel’s government is preparing to assist soldiers who may face arrest for participating in war crimes in Gaza when they travel abroad. So far, complaints have been filed against Israeli soldiers in South Africa, Sri Lanka, Belgium, France and Brazil.
  • Lebanon says Israel has committed nine more violations of the ceasefire agreement that took effect on November 27, bringing the total number of breaches to 392 incidents.



Hamas provides Reuters with list of 34 captives it agreed to set free

As we’ve been reporting, Netanyahu’s office has denied a Reuters report that said Hamas has approved a list of 34 captives presented by Israel to be exchanged in a possible ceasefire deal.

It issued a statement earlier on Sunday afternoon that said, “As of now, Hamas has not given a list of hostages.”

Reuters is now reporting that a Hamas official has provided the agency with a copy of the list showing the names of 34 hostages the Palestinian group has agreed to set free in the first phase of a possible ceasefire deal with Israel.

 
Hamas says it needs a week of calm to identify which captives are alive: Report

The AFP news agency says a Hamas official has also told the agency that the group “has agreed to release 34 Israeli prisoners from a list presented by Israel as part of the first phase of a prisoner exchange deal”.

The anonymous official told the AFP that the initial swap would include all the women, children, elderly people and sick captives still held in Gaza.

But Hamas needed time to determine their condition, he said.

“Hamas has agreed to release the 34 prisoners, whether alive or dead,” the official said. “However, the group needs a week of calm to communicate with the captors and identify those who are alive and those who are dead.”