Netanyahu says ceasefire will not begin unless Hamas provides list of hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the Israel-Hamas ceasefire acceptable to spell into effect astatine 8:30 a.m., section time, would not commencement arsenic scheduled unless Hamas provided a database of hostages acceptable for merchandise Sunday.

"The premier curate instructed the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] that the ceasefire, which is expected to spell into effect astatine 8:30 a.m., volition not statesman until Israel has the database of released abductees that Hamas has pledged to provide," Netanyahu’s bureau said Sunday.

Hamas blamed the hold successful sharing the names connected “technical” reasons, adding successful a connection that it was "affirming its commitment" to the ceasefire woody that was announced past week.

"The hold successful providing the names of those to beryllium released successful the archetypal batch is owed to method reasons," the radical said successful a statement.

A ceasefire successful the Israel-Hamas warfare is acceptable to statesman Sunday greeting astatine 8:30 a.m., section time, mediator Qatar said Saturday aft Israel’s Cabinet voted to o.k. the truce and hostage merchandise agreement.

Following a gathering that lasted much than six hours into the aboriginal greeting connected Saturday, the Israeli authorities ratified the statement that could pb to a imperishable extremity to the 15-month warfare with Hamas successful the besieged Gaza enclave.

"The authorities has approved the model for the instrumentality of the hostages. The model for the hostages’ merchandise volition travel into effect connected Sunday," Netanyahu’s bureau said successful a statement.

Netanyahu’s bureau said the woody "supports achieving the objectives of the war."

But aboriginal connected Saturday, Netanyahu said Israel volition not proceed with the ceasefire until it gets the database of the 33 hostages who volition beryllium released by Hamas successful the archetypal signifier of the deal, according to media reports.

"Israel volition not tolerate violations of the agreement. The sole work lies with Hamas," Netanyahu said successful a connection connected societal media level X.

Also connected Saturday, Israel’s ultra-nationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir discontinue Netanyahu’s Cabinet successful protestation implicit the ceasefire deal, according to media reports. He antecedently said the woody was "reckless" and that it would "erase the achievements of the war."

In a Saturday statement, Hamas — designated arsenic a panic radical by the United States, Britain and different Western countries — contended that Israel had "failed to execute its assertive goals" and "only succeeded successful committing warfare crimes that disgrace the dignity of humanity."

The warfare successful Gaza began erstwhile Hamas launched a panic onslaught connected Israel connected October 7, 2023, sidesplitting astir 1,200 radical and abducting astir 250 hostages. Of those hostages, conscionable nether 100 are thought to stay successful Hamas custody, but astir one-third are believed to beryllium dead.

Gaza authorities accidental astir 47,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, person been killed successful consequent Israeli subject operations. Without providing evidence, Israel says the decease toll includes thousands of militants it has killed.

The U.S. and Qatar and Egypt, which person been mediating negotiations betwixt Israel and Hamas for months, announced the ceasefire connected Wednesday.

The ceasefire volition statesman with a three-week intermission successful fighting, and the merchandise of dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Thirty-three of the 98 remaining Israeli hostages, including women, children, men implicit 50 and sick and wounded captives, are expected to beryllium released successful this phase. In return, Israel volition merchandise astir 2,000 Palestinians from its jails.

The White House said it expects 3 pistillate hostages to beryllium released to Israel successful the day done the Red Cross. Israel’s Justice Ministry published their details aboriginal connected Saturday, positive the cease-fire agreement, which said 30 Palestinian prisoners would beryllium released for each pistillate hostage connected Sunday.

After Sunday, pb U.S. negotiator Brett McGurk said the statement calls for 4 much pistillate hostages to beryllium released aft 7 days, followed by the merchandise of 3 further hostages each 7 days.

In this archetypal signifier of the three-stage deal, Israeli troops besides volition propulsion backmost to the edges of Gaza, and galore Palestinians volition beryllium capable to instrumentality to what remains of their homes arsenic accrued assistance flows into the enclave, which has been decimated successful the war.

Egypt’s overseas minister, Badr Abdelatty, said Saturday the woody provides for the introduction of 600 trucks per time into Gaza, including 50 trucks of fuel.

Israeli strikes connected Gaza person continued since the cease-fire was announced, including connected Saturday.

Israeli tanks shelled the Zeitoun vicinity of Gaza City, portion airstrikes deed cardinal and confederate Gaza, according to residents. Medics successful Gaza said 5 radical were killed successful an airstrike that deed a structure successful the Mawasi area, westbound of Khan Younis successful confederate Gaza.

The Israeli service said it conducted strikes connected 50 "terror targets" crossed the territory connected Friday alone, the service said successful a connection connected Saturday.

At slightest 123 Palestinians person been killed by Israeli attacks since the ceasefire was announced a fewer days ago, according to the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service.

Some accusation successful this study came from Reuters and Agence France-Presse.