Israel had insisted that hostage Arbel Yehoud be launched this week.
It’s because she is a girl, a civilian and alive, so subsequently ought to be within the prime class of hostages freed on this first section of the ceasefire.
Nevertheless Hamas, with out giving a cause, did not launch her.
It is suspected she might be being held by Islamic Jihad, one other militant group in Gaza.
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Households reunite with launched Israeli hostages
However by releasing 4 IDF troopers, as Hamas did right now, they secured the discharge of 200 Palestinian prisoners, together with many high-profile detainees.
That is many extra prisoners than if Hamas had launched civilians.
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4 Israeli troopers have been swapped for 200 Palestinians that have been being held in Israeli prisons.
It is doable the group is cautious of the ceasefire’s fragility and so desires as many Palestinians launched now in case the deal collapses within the coming weeks.
Israel has responded by refusing to permit Gazans to return to the north of the Strip, as was a part of the ceasefire settlement, till the problem is resolved.
Hamas swiftly launched an announcement saying that Abel Yehoud is alive and will probably be freed subsequent Saturday.
It has offered one other check for this rocky truce.
