the release of the hostages is delayed

The release of hostages by Hamas was to continue on Saturday, November 25, but was ultimately delayed. Several things are wrong with the Palestinian organization. “There are two points of tension which mean that the hostages were not released“, explains Marine Haÿ, specialist in international issues. “The first concerns the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip“This aid does not in fact arrive in the north of the Palestinian enclave.”The second point of tension is the criteria set for the release of Palestinian prisoners“, continues the journalist. For one hostage released, three Palestinian prisoners must leave Israeli prisons. Hamas had set several criteria: “For example an order of seniority, that is to say those who had been imprisoned the longest had to be released first“.

“Quite inevitable that this truce ends”

Israel responded to this non-release by affirming that the country respected the criteria and “they set what can be considered an ultimatum: midnight“, affirmed Marine Haÿ. Ground military operations could then resume in Gaza if there is no liberation before that time.”In any case, it was quite inevitable that this truce would end.“, she explains. “The fact that this truce was in place delayed ground operations there, it allowed Hamas to regroup, perhaps to organize a response, and that was not acceptable to the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.“