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Turkiye to join ‘task force’ to oversee Gaza ceasefire implementation, says Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Ankara will participate in a “task force” to oversee the ceasefire deal.
“We will hopefully join the task force that will monitor the implementation of the agreement on the ground,” Erdogan said.
Turkiye joined representatives from Qatar, Egypt and the US in the Egyptian town of Sharm el-Sheikh to secure the deal between Israel and Hamas.
But, Erdogan reiterated that it was of “great importance to urgently deliver comprehensive humanitarian aid to Gaza, exchange captives and prisoners, and for Israel to immediately cease its attacks”.
The Turkish leader also promised his country would help with reconstruction efforts in Gaza.
Negotiations on prisoner lists still ongoing: Hamas source
A Hamas source has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that mediators are continuing “intensive efforts” to finalise the prisoner lists within the next few hours.
The source said Hamas has been conducting a national dialogue with other Palestinian factions to present a unified position to Israel on the prisoner lists.
Why Israel unlikely to release detained Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti
Amid news of the advancing ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, attention is turning to which Palestinian prisoners may be released from Israeli prisons.
One name at the top of the list is Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian political leader associated with the Fatah movement who has been jailed for decades.
Barghouti is a popular, grassroots figure “who rose to prominence and has been seen by many Palestinians as someone who [represents] unity … [and] Palestinian aspirations to get free from occupation and have an independent state of their own,” Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim explained.
“But the fact that he [represents] the Palestinian community, that he unifies Palestinians – is the very same reason why Israel is still vetoing his name and does not want him to be released.”
Ibrahim added that Barghouti has been compared to South Africa’s Nelson Mandela, drawing support around the world. “He is not just known among Palestinians but known among those who are supporting the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian call for freedom.”
Israeli soldiers walk in front of a mural of Barghouti near the Qalandiya checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah
