[중동전쟁 교전 중 [Exclusive]]
Pay attention to whether the release of 50 hostages will be kept… There is room for extension of the ceasefire if 10 more people are released.
Aid delivery resumed 90 minutes after ceasefire
The will to continue this “don’t go to the north” war… ‘The fire has been extinguished, but an uneasy peace’ is expected.
Gunfire stopped briefly 48 days after the war between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas began on the 7th of last month. A temporary ceasefire began at 7 a.m. on the 24th (local time) as both sides agreed to suspend fighting for four days. Both sides agreed to release about 50 hostages over the next four days, and to release three Palestinian prisoners from an Israeli prison for each hostage, but attention is focused on whether the process can proceed without a hitch. Israel has announced that it will return the Palestinian prisoners two hours later if the released hostages safely cross its border. The international community is calling for a transition to a ceasefire system, but there is no change in Israel’s attitude to destroy Hamas, so many predict that it will end in a ‘short and unstable peace’.
Gaza Strip A performance to comfort refugee children On the 23rd (local time), the day before the cessation of fighting, a performance to comfort young refugees was in full swing at the UN school in Rafah, southern Gaza, Palestine, which is being used as a refugee camp. Relief supplies will be delivered to the Gaza Strip during the four days when fighting stops. Rapha = AP NewsisAccording to CNN and the Times of Israel, rocket warnings sounded near the border town of Sderot, Israel, shortly after 7 a.m., when the ceasefire agreement took effect. The sound of small arms fire was also heard in the Gaza Strip. However, foreign media reported that after about 20 minutes, the noise quieted down and the attacks between the two sides stopped.
In accordance with the temporary ceasefire agreement, Israel promised not to attack or arrest anyone throughout the Gaza Strip until the 27th. The Israeli military stated, “We will guarantee freedom of civilian movement only through the main roads connecting the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip.” Relief supplies and fuel support resumed about 1 hour and 30 minutes after the fighting stopped. According to Qatar’s state-run Al Jazeera, about 200 aid trucks reportedly entered the Gaza Strip and Egypt’s Rafah border crossing. Israel, which had previously expressed difficulty in importing fuel into the Gaza Strip, also said, “Relief goods used for humanitarian purposes, such as operating hospitals, can be imported.”
According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, it is reported that Hamas will hand over 13 women and children out of 240 hostages to International Red Cross staff from 4 p.m., 9 hours after the fighting stopped. Israeli authorities first check their health and then transfer them to six hospitals in Israel for additional checkups. Over the next four days, a total of 50 people are expected to sequentially return to their families.
39 prisoners are also expected to be released under an agreement to exchange three Palestinian prisoners for each Israeli hostage. It also left room for the truce period to be extended by one day each time 10 additional hostages are released in the future.
Unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) reconnaissance flights will also be suspended for four days in the southern Gaza Strip. In the northern Gaza Strip, flights are suspended six hours a day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Israel accepted Hamas’ concerns that the location and movements of the remaining hostages could be exposed if drones conduct reconnaissance flights during the hostage release process. However, there is a possibility that the agreement may fall through as the two sides clash over whether or not the agreement will be implemented during the exchange of hostages and prisoners.
The international community is putting pressure on Israel to ensure that the ceasefire continues for a long time, but prospects are mixed. There is also optimism that a helping hand has been opened to the Gaza Strip, which is facing a serious humanitarian crisis, and that the urgent fire has been put out. Qatar state-run Al Jazeera said, “It will be comforting to patients and children who want to sleep without bombing for just one day.”
However, many believe that it will not significantly change the nature of the war. According to the Times of Israel and other sources, immediately after the cessation of fighting began on the morning of the 24th, the Israeli military distributed leaflets throughout the Gaza Strip saying, “Residents should not return to their homes in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.” It sent a warning message that the war was not over yet.
The international community welcomes the implementation of the temporary ceasefire and is putting pressure on Israel to ensure that the ceasefire continues in the long term. However, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, “The operation will continue strongly even after the brief cessation of fighting with Hamas.” “The battle will continue for at least two more months,” he said, predicting that attacks would resume.
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