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(NewsNation) — On Day 2 of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, amid mixed emotions of joyousness and relief, determination is uncertainty astir what happens next.
Aid trucks are flowing into Gaza pursuing the release of 3 Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners. In the coming weeks, 30 much hostages are expected to beryllium freed. Additionally, Yemen's Houthi rebels signaled they volition bounds attacks connected Israeli ships successful the Red Sea present that determination is simply a ceasefire.
In little than a week, different 4 Israeli hostages are expected to beryllium released from Gaza, with the remaining 26 acceptable to beryllium freed implicit the adjacent 5 weeks.
Gaza sees surge successful nutrient and aesculapian aid
Gaza is seeing a surge successful nutrient and aesculapian supplies, with much than 630 trucks of humanitarian assistance successful the region, according to the U.N. Egypt's overseas curate has confirmed the assistance is expected to proceed regular implicit astir the adjacent 40 days.
However, the adjacent captious measurement involves negotiating the 2nd and 3rd phases of the deal. If agreed upon, these stages would see the merchandise of hostages, a imperishable intermission successful warring and the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
Phase 3 would absorption connected returning the bodies of the deceased hostages and opening the reconstruction of Gaza.
Hostage's father: 'The occupation is not done'
Over the weekend, the archetypal hostages were released from Gaza successful speech for Palestinian prisoners held successful Israeli custody.
It was a bittersweet infinitesimal for the families of those inactive believed to beryllium successful captivity, including the household of Itay Chen, a U.S.-Iraeli believed to beryllium held hostage successful Gaza.
"We besides cognize that the occupation is not done, and that determination are inactive 94 hostages successful Gaza, and we indispensable bash everything imaginable successful bid to bring them back," Itay's father, Ruby Chen, told NewsNation. "We consciousness that each the families volition instrumentality unneurotic and enactment 1 different till the past hostage comes out. and that is precisely what we are waiting for."
Ruby Chen and erstwhile subject unit stress this statement is lone a partial woody and that aboriginal negotiations are needed. This, they stress, is not a bid deal.
