The mediator aims to go ashore the fragile ceasefire commands in Gaza and Lebanon
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International mediators resolved disagreements about fragile ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon at the end of Sunday, after the clashes related to the Israeli military and civilians threaten to weaken even weaken even. Two agreements.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Hamas would release three hostages in Gaza on Thursday, including Arbel Yehud, resolving the first major crisis of Gaza ceasefire agreement, taking effect a week ago.
In return, Israel will allow Palestinians to relocate in Gaza to their home in the north of the broken territory began on Monday.
The issue of Yehud’s release has made the US tension between Israel and Hamas despite being released Saturday Among the four Israeli soldiers from Gaza and 200 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prison.
Israeli officials claimed Hamas, a group of Palestinians, controlled Gaza, violated the agreement when they released soldiers to Yehud, the last civil hostage was still allegedly alive in Gaza.
Israel retaliated by delaying the withdrawal of the strategic netzarim corridor, where the north and south of Gaza, blocking hundreds of thousands of Palestinians did not return to the north of the territory, as prescribed under the Agreement. .
Over the weekend, Palestinians gathered near the corridor, with some families sleeping outside in the winter cold.
The Israeli military said they had shot the warning shots at a number of gatherings of dozens of suspects moving towards the army and caused threats to them.
Health agencies in Gaza said the two were killed and nine others were injured in the clashes on Sunday.
American, Qatari and Egyptian mediators were able to resolve the crisis by ensuring the effectiveness of an additional hostage release on Thursday, including Yehud.
The weekly hostage is scheduled to take place on Saturday to move forward as planned, with three Israeli expected to be liberated, according to Israeli officials.
In return, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will also be released from Israeli prison.
Hamas on Sunday provided Israel a list of the remaining hostages to be imprisoned and will be released as part of the first six -week ceasefire, details whether they are alive or dead.
The battle in Gaza was activated by the attack on October 7, 2023 of Hamas into Israel, in which fighters from the group killed 1,200 people and started 250 hostages.
Israel answered with an attack Gaza That killed more than 47,000 people and promoted a humanitarian disaster in the territory.
US President Donald Trump called on Egypt and Jordan get in Most of Gaza’s population said it was time to clean up the territory, but his proposal was rejected by the two countries of Arab.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration stated that the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon, achieved in November last year through the US mediation, will be extended until February 18.
The Agreement has paused for more than a year of fighting between Israel and HizBollah, the Lebanon warrior group is attacking the Jewish state in solidarity with Hamas.
Israel Obviously last week, it will not meet the two -month period on Sunday to withdraw the army from southern Lebanon.
Israel has announced the deployment of the Lebanon army in areas empty by both the army and HizBollah fighter jet is too slow to meet the deadline.
With the Israeli forces still holding the territory inside Lebanon, hundreds of residents were fire of Israel when they tried to return to their village.
According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, 22 people were killed and 124 injured on Sunday.
