Israel and Hamas reached a four-day ceasefire agreement, and both sides agreed to exchange some detainees.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 22-Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters in Jerusalem, Gaza and Doha reported that the Israeli government announced in the early hours of the 22nd that it had approved an agreement to exchange detainees with Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). According to the agreement, Hamas will release at least 50 women and children in exchange for a four-day ceasefire by the Israeli army in the Gaza. Hamas issued a statement early that morning, confirming the news.
In a statement, the Israeli government said that according to the agreement, Israel was allowed to provide more fuel and humanitarian assistance to the Gaza. Israel agreed to release Palestinian women and minors detained by it, but did not disclose the specific figures.
According to the Israeli statement, 50 women and children will be released within four days, during which "the fighting will calm down". At the same time, the statement said that Israel will continue to carry out military operations, strive for the release of all detainees, completely eliminate Hamas, and ensure that the Gaza Strip "no longer poses any threat to Israel".
Hamas also issued a statement in the early hours of the same day, saying that according to the above agreement, the Israeli army will suspend "all military operations" in "all areas" in the Gaza and allow hundreds of vehicles loaded with humanitarian relief materials to enter "all areas" in the Gaza.
The statement said that Hamas will release 50 women and minors in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian women and minors; During the ceasefire, the Israeli army promised not to arrest or attack anyone in the Gaza, and ensured that Saladin Road, the north-south main road of Gaza City, was unblocked.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, which participated in mediation, announced on the 22nd that the four-day ceasefire agreement may be extended and the effective date of the agreement will be announced within 24 hours.
The meeting of the Israeli government on approving the above-mentioned agreement lasted from the evening of 21st to the early morning of 22nd, and the IDF, the General Administration of National Security (Simbert) and the Intelligence and Secret Service (Mossad) all supported the agreement. Among the political parties participating in the formation of the cabinet, only the far-right party, the Jewish Power Party, opposed the agreement.
According to Israeli media reports, the above agreement came into effect on the 23rd. During the negotiations, Hamas stated that it would not release any Israeli soldiers it had detained.
The Israeli Government Information Office issued a statement on the evening of 21st, saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that the statement that the ceasefire meant that Israel stopped the war was "nonsense" and that "Israel is at war and this war will continue until Israel achieves all its goals". He also said that the agreement included the need for the International Committee of the Red Cross to contact the detainees in Gaza and provide them with medicines. (Participating in reporters: Wang Zhuolun, Lu Yingxu, Liu Weijian, Wang Qiang)