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The surge in supplies entering Gaza each day and the return of law and order has allowed aid organizations to significantly scale up the delivery of life-saving assistance and services,
according to the United Natiions
Today, Hamas will provide the names of four hostages as part of the second prisoner exchange,
said Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas's political bureau based in Qatar
The worry and fear that the deal will not be implemented to the end is eating away at all of us,
said Vicky Cohen, the mother of hostage Nimrod CohenI mean, the deal should hold, but if it doesn't hold there'll be a lot of problems,
he told reporters
Since the ceasefire agreement has not yet been fully enforced by the Lebanese state, the gradual withdrawal process will continue in full coordination with the United States,
Netanyahu's office said in a statementAn Egyptian-Qatari committee will oversee the implementation of this part of the agreement on the ground,
he saidTomorrow we will give the mediators the names of the four hostages who will be released.”
Speaking to the Al-Araby news outlet on Thursday, Hamas official Zaher Jabarin said
I call from here to the Prime Minister and negotiating team -- you’re doing excellent work -- do whatever is necessary to bring everyone back, to the last hostage,
Samerano said
Dear President Trump, first of all we want to say thank you for the happy moments we felt this week. But we want to tell you we still have 94 hostages, we need them all at home,
said Ayelet Samerano, whose son Yonatan Samerano is among those still being heldThis week we were moved to watch images of mothers embracing their daughters, but our hearts break thinking that my son Nimrod and other men remain behind, and each day they’re there poses a real danger to their lives,
said Vicky Cohen, whose son Nimrod Cohen is among the hostagesThe first thing I’ll do, I’ll kiss the dirt of the land on which I was born and raised,
said Nadia Al-Debs, one of the many people gathered in makeshift tents in Gaza’s central city of Deir al-Balah preparing to set out for home in Gaza City the next dayGod knows if I’ll find (my house) standing or not,
she saidAs far as we know, Eli is alive. We have not received any statement from the security forces or the (military) confirming that Eli is no longer alive. So we want to maintain this optimism and pray that we will see him on his feet very soon,
said SharabiI came here to say that I continue to fight for my children... to demand that they stop the war and don't stop fighting for my children
she said, wearing a T-shirt with their image on itYair inherited his diabetes from me and he was always mad at me (for it). Now, if he's freed first because of his illness, he'll be able to thank me,
he jokedI'm going to burn the country down... because that's like signing their death sentence."
Asked what he would do if, after the first phase of the ceasefire the war resumed, Horn saidWe’re prepared for a dialogue with America and achieving understandings on everything."
In a rare departure from its stance on Israel's closest ally, Qatar-based Mousa Abu Marzouk told The New York Times
We are committed to dismantling Hamas and bringing every hostage home.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made clear this ceasefire is temporary, emphasisingThey’ve caught me”.
In her final message, she could be heard screamingThat's not our war, it's their war. But I'm not confident."
Speaking to the press after his historic inauguration, Trump said