Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated this Sunday (26) that he is willing to extend the duration of the truce in his clash with Hamas on the condition that ten Israeli hostages are released per day.
The Palestinian movement Hamas had already, earlier this Sunday (26), said that it would be willing to negotiate conditions for an extension of the humanitarian ceasefire as an effort to free more Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.
The truce, reached with the mediation of Qatar and Egypt, is expected to last four days.
It involved an exchange of 50 Hamas hostages, mostly women and children, for 150 Palestinian prisoners. In total, Hamas is believed to have captured 240 Israeli hostages.
This Sunday, the third day of the break, was marked by the release of 39 teenagers who were in Israeli prisons and the release of 4-year-old Israeli-American Abigail Idan.
Israel releases 39 teenagers On this third day, Israel released a third group of Palestinian prisoners of 39 people, who arrived by bus in Ramallah, reported this Sunday (26), the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera.
According to the media, the buses of freed men are made up of 39 Palestinian teenagers who were imprisoned in the Israeli prison of Ofer, located in Beitnunia, and the Al Moscobiyeh detention center, located in Jerusalem.
To welcome teenagers, thousands of West Bank residents organized a celebration in the center of Ramallah.
Netanyahu sees a big drop in his popularity Since October 7, when the Hamas attacks began, the Israeli prime minister has seen his popularity drop more and more.
The politician is seen as guilty of the Israel Defense Forces’ lack of preparation in predicting and preventing the Hamas attack, in addition to many seeing his delay in recovering the hostages as a devaluation of the Israeli lives at stake.
In recent days, strong protests have echoed across Israel against its government, with many calling for its resignation to end the conflict with Gaza.