Within the frame of the high on fire between Israel and Hamas, this Saturday the Liberation of 200 Palestinian prisoners by Israel in exchange for four soldier women Freedom by Hamas. As he said in the agreement, for each welded woman released, Israel promised to release 50 prisoners.
These were received by crowds that celebrated their liberation. However, The truce in Gaza is surrounded by a certain uncertainty after both Israel and Hamas have accused each other breach part of the agreement.
It was the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who in the first instance agreed on Saturday the Suspension of the return protocol of the Palestinian civil population north of the Gaza Strip After accusing the Islamist movement Hamas of partially breaking the agreement of Alto El Fuego.
Specifically, Netanyahu stressed that Hamas had not released Civil Arbel Yehudkidnapped on October 7, 2023 by the Palestinian militias, as stipulated.
“Israel will not allow the passage of the inhabitants of Gaza to the north of the strip until the liberation of Arbel Yehud has been agreed, which should have been released today,” Israeli prime minister warned.
Official sources of Hamas, under condition of anonymity, have assured within a few minutes of the Israeli statement to the Panárabe chain to Yazira that Yehud Keep alive and will be released next Saturday.
However, Hamas lamented Israel’s decision to suspend the return and has warned that will take responsibility to the Israeli government for any problem in the application of the high fire.
“The occupation (Israel) continues to delay the application of the terms of the high fire agreement and the exchange of prisoners, continuing to closing Calle Al Rashid”, one of the main roads of return, “and preventing the return of people displaced “.
In this sense, the Hamas movement insisted that “responsible for the Israeli occupation of any obstruction in the application of the high fire agreement, and its repercussions on the rest of the phases of the same.”
Israeli forces in Netzarim corridor
At the same time that Netanyahu made the announcement to paralyze the return of the inhabitants of Gaza to the north of the Strip, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Israel, General Harzi Halevi, confirmed that Israeli forces will remain deployed “until new notice” in the Netzarim corridorthat delimits the north of Gaza under Israeli control of the rest of the enclave.
Israel’s army Arab spokesman, Colonel Avichay Adraee, has warned that There will be no withdrawn from forces in the area until “the return of the Israeli civilian is agreed” And he has warned the Palestinians that “they do not approach the area until their opening is confirmed.”
The Netzarim corridor is a military control post located on a road that the army worsed in the war. It has about 6.5 kilometers wide and 9 long and Divide the strip into two halves south of Gaza City, in the north of the enclave.
As stipulated in Alto El Fuego between Hamas and Israel that entered into force on January 19, Gazati must be able to return to northern Gaza -Too a mountain of debris where they were necessarily displaced- from this Sunday crossing Netzarim’s control post.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu announced that they cannot cross north of the strip until the release of the Hostén Arbel Yehud is organized.