This Friday, at 7:00 am local time (6:00 am Spanish Peninsula time), a temporary ceasefire between the Israeli army and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip came into force. The release of the first hostages is scheduled for nine hours later.

The next few hours will be key in determining whether both sides are in compliance with the agreement. Meanwhile, Palestinian media reported this evening that Israeli bombing has intensified in the Gaza Strip. These attacks caused the deaths of dozens of people in various locations throughout the territory, including in a camp for displaced persons.

The agreement, which Qatar mediated, calls for the gradual release of a total of 50 people kidnapped by Palestinian militias during the Oct. 7 attacks in exchange for a pause in the military offensive launched the same day in the Gaza Strip. Gaza, as well as the transfer of 150 Palestinian prisoners, all women and children.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed in a brief statement that it had already received a “preliminary list” of hostages who would be released as part of the first group, and that they had begun reviewing the details and notifying the families concerned.

The pact, originally planned for four days and unprecedented in the nearly 50 days of conflict, includes more aid convoys. In fact, Egypt has said that 130,000 liters of diesel and four truckloads of gasoline will be imported daily since it comes into effect. Humanitarian aid will also arrive in 200 trucks a day with food, medicine and drinking water.

The removal of wounded and foreigners will continue to be allowed through the Rafah crossing, as has been the case since November 2, while Egyptian authorities have announced voluntary clearance for Palestinians who were living in the Palestinian enclave and were in Egypt when fighting broke out. returned to Gaza.

Israel launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip following Hamas attacks that left about 1,200 people dead and nearly 240 kidnapped. Hamas-controlled Gaza authorities have so far reported more than 14,850 deaths, including more than 6,000 children, as a result of the Israeli offensive, while more than 200 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Israeli forces or as a result of attacks carried out by settlers. from October 7.

The first convoy trucks with humanitarian aid from Egypt began to enter Gaza

The first trucks part of a humanitarian aid convoy to begin a truce in the Gaza Strip began entering today through the Rafah land crossing connecting Egypt to the Palestinian enclave, Egyptian television Al Qahera News reported.

The network showed live footage of humanitarian aid trucks, 60 in all, in the first convoy, entering the crossing, while 17 ambulances waited on the Egyptian side to enter the enclave.

Director of the State Information Service Diaa Rashwan, acting as a spokesman for the Egyptian government, said today that 130,000 liters of fuel and four truckloads of gasoline from Egypt will arrive daily in the Gaza Strip, as well as 200 truckloads of humanitarian aid from Egypt. entry into force of the truce, which began today at 7:00 am local time (5:00 Moscow time).

Egypt will continue to accept groups of wounded and wounded children from the Gaza Strip for treatment in the country, as well as foreigners and dual citizens from the enclave, Rashwan said.

For the first time since the beginning of the aggression, the Egyptian side will also allow voluntary entry into the Gaza Strip for Palestinians who find themselves in the country.