Israel kills over 110 in Gaza since ceasefire deal announcement
- At least 113 Palestinians were killed, including 28 children and 31 women, in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the announcement of a ceasefire deal that is due to start on Sunday, according to the enclave’s civil defence.
- Israel’s cabinet is expected to convene a meeting today to approve the Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to reports.
Obstacles to ceasefire deal resolved at dawn: Hamas
Hamas says that obstacles that arose in relation to the terms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement were resolved at dawn today, according to a statement issued by the group.
The lists of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in the first phase of the deal will be published through the Prisoners’ Office according to the stages and procedures of the exchange, the group said.
Gaza death toll since truce deal rises to 113: Civil defence
More than 264 people have also been injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza since the announcement of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, according to the enclave’s civil defence.
Eighty-seven of the killings happened in Gaza City, the rescue agency said, adding that 14, 10 and two others were killed in Khan Younis, central Gaza and Rafah respectively.
It added that 28 of those killed were children and 31 were women.
Israeli media publishes names of 33 captives to be released
The captives in the list will be freed in the first stage of the ceasefire deal with Hamas, according to several national media reports.
“The list is not in order of release,” the Times of Israel newspaper said.
Meanwhile, Yedioth Ahronoth said: “The list is actually the same list that Hamas approved at the beginning of the month, and is based on the list that Israel submitted a few months ago.”
The names in the list have been reported as: Liri Albag, Itzhak Elgarat, Karina Ariev, Ohad Ben Ami, Ariel Bibas, Yarden Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Shiri Bibas, Agam Berger, Gonen Romi, Daniella Gilboa, Emily Damari, Sagui Dekel Chen, Iair Horn, Omer Wenkert, Alexandre Sasha Troufanov, Arbel Yehoud, Ohad Yahalomi, Eliya Cohen, Or Levy, Naama Levy, Oded Lifshitz, Gadi Moshe Mozes, Avraham (Avera) Mengisto, Shlomo Mantzur , Keith Samuel Sigal, Tsachi Idan, Ofer Kalderon, Tal Shoham, Doron Steinbrecher, Omer Shem Tov, Hisham Al-Sayed and Eli Sharabi.
The families of the captives have been notified, the Israeli media said.
UN experts hope ceasefire deal can stop Israel’s ‘genocidal assault’
A group of UN experts, including special rapporteurs and independent experts, have delivered a statement urging all parties to accept the ceasefire deal and expressing dismay that shortly after the deal was announced, “Israel continued bombing Gaza indiscriminately.”
“It is time for all people and illegally detained captives to return home to their loved ones – both the Israeli captives in Gaza and thousands of Palestinians who have been arbitrarily detained and often tortured in Israeli prisons,” the statement read.
“We can only hope that this agreement will end the devastating loss of life, stop the genocidal assault and violence that has tormented millions in occupied Palestinian territory and brought apocalyptic destruction in the Gaza Strip.”
