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Various sources reported new details of the release of the American Israeli prisoner Idan Alexander, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about “decisive days” regarding the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on Sunday that it will be released Alexander, after contacts with the movement with the American administration in the past days.
And the American “Axius” website quoted a senior Israeli official that in order to secure the release of Alexander Alexander, a safe corridor will be created to remove it from the Strip, and that Israel will apply a temporary cease to shoot in certain areas of Gaza.
In turn, the Haaretz newspaper quoted a source as saying that Israel is preparing to release the Israeli -American soldier on Monday, and expected that this would be between 8 am and 8 pm.
According to the source that spoke to “Axius”, Hamas will not get any opposite to release Idan.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s office said in a statement today, Monday, that Israel is not committed to any ceasefire or the release of prisoners with Hamas, but only to provide a safe passage that allows the liberation of Alexander.
The office affirmed that negotiations to release other prisoners will continue, while preparations are being made to intensify the fighting in Gaza.
Intensive policy
The office quoted Netanyahu as saying that “the release of the expected Idan without charge is thanks to an intensive policy that we have followed with the support of US President Donald Trump and military pressure,” adding, “We are decisive days and in front of Hamas a deal that would be able to release our prisoners.”
A source to Haaretz said that Israel is required to enter into negotiations to end the war. The release of half of the prisoners.
The “Times of Israel” newspaper reported that Hamas had received assurances from one of the mediators that Alexander’s release would go a long way with the American president, and indicated that the movement hoped that the release of the American -Israeli prisoner will be sufficient to persuade Trump to pressure Netanyahu to accept a deal.
The release of Alexander – who is believed to be the last American prisoner in Gaza – came before Trump’s visit to the Middle East starting tomorrow, Tuesday.
Trump said, in a post on social media, that he is grateful to all parties participating in the agreement to release Alexander, describing the release of the prisoner as a “good -intention” and adding, “We hope that this will be the first last steps necessary to end this brutal conflict.”
In a joint statement, Egypt and Qatar said that Hamas’s approval to release Alexander is a “encouraging” step for the parties to return to the negotiating table for the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of prisoners and detainees and ensure the flow of aid safely and without obstacles to address the tragic conditions in the sector.
Egypt and Qatar reiterated again, “their consistent efforts in the mediation file in the Gaza Strip, in coordination with the United States of America, continued to alleviate the suffering of civilians and create the appropriate conditions for a comprehensive calm, leading to ending this war and the humanitarian catastrophe that left it.”
Alexander, 21, a soldier in the Israeli army, was born and raised in the US state of New Jersey, and will join 38 prisoners who were released under a ceasefire agreement that started on January 19, and collapsed after the Israeli occupation army resumed in March, its land and air attack on Gaza.
Israeli officials said that the war on Gaza will continue until the liberation of the rest of the 59 prisoners, and disarmament from the Gaza Strip, while Hamas insists that it will not be released from the prisoners except in the framework of an agreement to end the war, which killed more than 52,000 martyrs.