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Scores of hostages could be freed within days after US ‘brokers deal between Israel and Hamas for five-day ceasefire’


SCORES of hostages could be released within days after the US reportedly brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas for a five-day ceasefire in Gaza.

The captives would be released in groups of about 50 every 24 hours after a week of back-channel talks in the Qatari capital Doha.

November 19, 2023 - Gaza: The IDF fighting in the Gaza Strip continues from the air, the sea and from land; the IDF soldiers eliminated terrorists, the missile ships of the 3rd Fleet thwarted threats alongside the ground forces. IDF fighter jets destroyed many terrorist infrastructures of the terrorist organization Hamas in the neighborhoods of Jabaliya, Zeytun and Beit Lahia. In the previous day, soldiers of the Nahal Brigade fought on the outskirts of the Jabaliya neighborhood, encountering and eliminating terrorists from the terrorist organization Hamas. The forces, with the help of tanks and air support, attacked targets from the air. In one of the battles, the Nahal Brigade Combat Team identified a terrorist squad that was about to shoot at the forces from the roof of a building Residence, the force directed a manned aircraft from a distance that eliminated the terrorists. In addition, during searches, weapons and military equipment were found in civilian residential buildings. At the same time as the ground fighting, the fighters of Shayetet 3, the flotilla of missile ships, attacked targets of the terrorist organization Hamas along the Gaza Strip using thousands of ammunitions from the sea and assisted the ground forces with fire and observation by opening axes, escorting with fire, thwarting land threats against IDF forces and providing cover for land missions from the sea. (IDF / Polaris)The Washington Post said that the first hostages could be freed ‘within the next several days’ amid reports of a US-brokered five-day ceasefire in GazaPolaris Images

A report in the Washington Post said the first could be freed “within the next several days — barring last-minute hitches”.

It is not known how many of the 239 people believed to be held by Hamas would be released.

However, it is thought the terror group will keep a large number to use as human shields.

If it goes ahead, it would be the first pause in the conflict, which has claimed around 15,000 lives in Gaza after Hamas slaughtered 1,200 Israelis on October 7.

Aerial surveillance will monitor the 25-mile coastal strip to police the ceasefire.

But Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu today denied any deal was in place — dismissing “a lot of incorrect reports” about an imminent breakthrough.

Thousands marched in Jerusalem yesterday demanding that the hostages are brought home.