The truce between Israel and Hamas enters its fourth and final day, Monday November 27, against the backdrop of talks to extend it. This agreement allowed the release of hostages, prisoners and emergency aid in the Gaza Strip. Since Friday, 39 hostages have been released under the agreement – plus 24 hostages outside the agreement, the majority Thais who worked in Israel – as well as 117 Palestinian prisoners, at a ratio of one hostage to three prisoners. Follow our live stream.
• Hamas in favor of an extension. The Palestinian armed Islamist movement said in a statement “seek to extend the truce beyond its four days”. The agreement, until now, was renewed every day, when around ten hostages were released in exchange for around thirty prisoners.
• Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza. The Israeli leader called on Sunday for “victory”, during a visit to Gaza. It was the first trip by an Israeli government to the territory since its unilateral withdrawal from the Palestinian territory in 2005. Israeli leader to ask government for budget on Monday “of war” of 30 billion shekels (7.3 billion euros).
• Former Palestinian prisoners welcomed in the occupied West Bank. Buses from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) took freed prisoners to Ramallah and Beitunia, greeted by crowds waving Palestinian, Hamas and other faction flags.
A humanitarian situation that is still “dangerous”. Since Friday, 248 trucks loaded with aid have been able to enter the Gaza Strip. But “we should send 200 trucks per day for at least two months to meet the needs”, declared a spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Adnan Abou Hasna. There is no “neither drinking water nor food” in certain sectors.