Both the truce and the release of the hostages in Gaza, both scheduled for today, have been postponed. From what emerges in these hours, they will not happen before tomorrow: Hamas has not yet ratified the agreement reached with Israel. The exchange involved 50 Israeli hostages with 150 Palestinian detainees.
"The delay – said an Israeli source – does not derive from a breakdown in talks, but rather from the need to resolve administrative issues, which are in the process of being resolved." "There is no reason - he added - to worry."
Minister Israel Katz - a senior member of Likud, the party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - also declared on Military Radio that "at the moment the hypothesis is that the agreement will be implemented". "It must be remembered - he added - who we are working with: Sinwar (the head of Hamas, ed.) is a crazy man who gave orders to kill, rape and abuse."
(Unioneonline/ss)
