Netanyahu says cease-fire will not begin until Israel receives list of hostages to be freed

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a information concern appraisal implicit the hold successful receiving the database of hostages who are expected to beryllium released Sunday greeting arsenic portion of a cease-fire statement with Hamas.

Netanyahu told the Israeli Defense Forces that the cease-fire would not statesman until Israel has the database of hostages expected to beryllium freed.

The statement is acceptable to spell into effect Sunday at 8:30 a.m. section time, and Hamas has said it would supply the database of hostages.

Hamas said the hold successful providing the names was owed to "technical tract reasons" and added that it is committed to the cease-fire woody announced past week.

WHAT TO EXPECT AS ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASE-FIRE GOES INTO EFFECT ON SUNDAY

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to travel done with the eradication of Hamas . (REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/File Photo)

Israel’s Cabinet approved the woody aboriginal Saturday greeting for a cease-fire successful Gaza that would see the merchandise of dozens of hostages and intermission the warfare with Hamas that began aft the panic group's Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught connected the Jewish State.

The woody would let 33 hostages to beryllium acceptable escaped implicit the adjacent six weeks, successful speech for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The remaining hostages are acceptable to beryllium released successful a 2nd signifier that volition beryllium negotiated during the first.

Hamas agreed to merchandise 3 pistillate hostages connected the archetypal time of the deal, 4 connected the seventh time and the remaining 26 implicit the adjacent 5 weeks.

A miss pauses astatine a mural of pistillate Israeli soldiers held by Hamas successful the Gaza Strip, successful Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. Hebrew reads: "look them successful the eyes." (AP)

Hamas has said it volition not merchandise the remaining hostages without a lasting cease-fire and a afloat Israeli withdrawal.

This is the 2nd cease-fire achieved during the war.

Gaza is expected to person a surge successful humanitarian assistance erstwhile the cease-fire begins.

ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES WILL RECEIVE HOSTAGES SUNDAY WITH EQUIPPED CAMPER TRAILERS AND COMFORTING SUPPLIES

A partition covered with photos of hostages held successful the Gaza Strip aft the deadly Oct 7 Hamas onslaught calling for the merchandise of the hostages connected January 17, 2025, successful Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

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The 15-month-long war successful Gaza started erstwhile Hamas launched a astonishment onslaught against Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, successful which astir 1,200 radical wer killed and astir 250 others were abducted, prompting subject retaliation from Israeli forces. Nearly 100 hostages stay captive successful Gaza.

More than 46,000 Palestinians person been killed by Israel's offensive, according to the Hamas-run government's section wellness officials, who bash not separate betwixt civilians and terrorists.