Israel At War Motzei Shabbos

 Israel At War day 470

- Statement By Israeli Prime Minister's Office: “The Prime Minister has instructed the IDF that the ceasefire, set to take effect at 8:30 AM (in 51 minutes), will not begin until Israel receives the list of released hostages from Hamas, as previously agreed upon.”

- The Knesset approved the Gaza hostage deal.

- Publication of the names of the 737 terrorists being released in the deal - many dozen with blood on their hands.  Responsible for thousands of attacks  and nurder against jsraelis including those behind the number 2 bus bombing in Yerushalayim.

- Ballistic missile from Yemen

 - stabbing attack in Tel Aviv (1 injured, terrorist killed).

- Sunday hostage releases, but Hamas delays providing names of 1st three to be freed

Ceasefire due to begin Sunday morning, 8:30am and three women hostages to be freed at 4 p.m., but PM says deal won’t advance until terror group sends names as agreed

Guvati Brigade retreats from Jibalia tonight 

-Smotrich stays in govt  says he has guarantees from Netanyahu to resume fighting in Gaza after the ceasefire  deal

Netanyahu speech:

If we have to go back to war, we will do so with new means and with great force.”

We have Full backing is given for returning to war if Israel realizes that the next phase is futile.”

The agreement is the result of a difficult stand against heavy pressure – from home and abroad; President Trump emphasized, and rightly so, that the first phase of the agreement is a temporary ceasefire."

We are retaining significant assets for the future in order to return all of our hostages.”

- In the first stage of the ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas, Israel is expected to be releasing a total of 1,904 Palestinian prisoners.

They include 737 detainees and security prisoners, including numerous terrorists serving life sentences for murder, among them members of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Authority's ruling Fatah movement, along with women and children being held in Israeli jails.

Israel will also be releasing 1,167 Palestinians detained in the Gaza Strip during the IDF's ground offensive, who did not participate in the October 7, 2023, onslaught.

On Sunday, the first three female hostages from the list of 33 humanitarian cases -- a category made up of women, children, elderly individuals, and the infirm -- are set to be released.

The other 30 hostages on the list will be released each Saturday until the end of the 42-day deal.

The hostages will be released in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners detailed in the terms of the deal.

For each of the living women, children and elderly, 30 Palestinian prisoners will be released; for all nine sick hostages, 110 prisoners will be released; for each of the female IDF soldiers, 50 prisoners will be released; for hostages Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, who have been held in Gaza for a decade, 30 prisoners will be released for each, in addition to 47 Palestinians released in the 2011 Shalit deal and re-arrested; and for the bodies of hostages in the first stage, Israel will release the 1,000+ Gazan detainees.