The start of a newly brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas within the Gaza Strip set for 8:30 am (0630 GMT) has been delayed with Hamas nonetheless to offer the names of hostages to be launched, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari stated on Sunday.
Following months of stalemate within the 15-month-long Gaza warfare, a three-stage ceasefire settlement between Israel and Palestinian extremist group Hamas was brokered earlier this week.
In an preliminary six-week part set to start on Sunday, 33 Israeli hostages held in Gaza are set to be launched in change for 1,904 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, whereas the Israeli military steadily begins to withdraw from elements of the Gaza Strip.
Nonetheless, Hamas has to date not launched the names of the three hostages set to be launched first underneath the settlement, Hagari stated on Sunday morning.
“Hamas is just not fulfilling its obligations,” he stated, including that the Israeli army would proceed its assaults in Gaza till the militants adhered to the settlement.
