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CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Thursday it would merchandise the adjacent group of Israeli hostages arsenic planned, seemingly resolving a large quality that threatened the ceasefire successful the Gaza Strip.
The militant radical said Egyptian and Qatari mediators person affirmed that they volition enactment to “remove each hurdles,” and that it would instrumentality the ceasefire deal.
The connection indicated 3 much Israeli hostages would beryllium freed Saturday. There was nary contiguous remark from Israel aft Hamas’ announcement.
Hamas' determination would let the ceasefire successful the Gaza Strip to proceed for now, but its aboriginal remains successful doubt.
Hamas had threatened to hold the adjacent merchandise of Israeli hostages, accusing Israel of failing to conscionable its obligations to let successful tents and shelters, among different alleged violations of the truce. Israel, with the enactment of U.S. President Donald Trump, had threatened to renew its violative if hostages were not freed.
Hamas said its delegation held talks successful Cairo with Egyptian officials and was successful interaction with Qatar’s premier curate astir expanding the introduction of shelters, aesculapian supplies, substance and dense instrumentality for clearing rubble into Gaza.
Egypt’s state-run Qahera TV, which is adjacent to the country’s information services, reported that Egypt and Qatar had succeeded successful resolving the dispute. The 2 Arab countries person served arsenic cardinal mediators with Hamas and helped broker the ceasefire, which took effect successful January, 15 months into the war.
