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Palestinian children sit in a destroyed house in the village of Khuza'a, near the border fence between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip. © Mohammed Talatene/dpa
Every day of the ceasefire in the Gaza war is marked by new fears and hopes: Will the agreement hold? Will it possibly be extended again? The overview.
Gaza/Tel Aviv - On the fifth day of the ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist Hamas, there have been efforts in the background to expand the agreement. As the German Press Agency learned, the heads of the US secret service CIA and the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad arrived in Doha on Tuesday for talks with the Qatari prime minister.
While waiting for another exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners in the early evening, the relatives of German-Israeli hostages who had already been released commented on the condition of their family members. Of the people abducted from Israel to the Gaza Strip by terrorists on October 7, about 20 also had German citizenship.
Ceasefire efforts to be stepped up
The talks in Doha between CIA Director William Burns and Mossad chief David Barnea as well as Qatar's Prime Minister Abdulrahman Al Thani are about expanding efforts to establish a ceasefire in the Gaza war, a person familiar with the talks in the Qatari capital told dpa on Tuesday. The next phases of a possible agreement were also on the agenda at the meeting, which was also to be attended by Egyptian representatives.
Qatar and Egypt, in consultation with the United States, have mediated between Israel and Hamas in recent weeks. Qatar in particular has very good contacts with Hamas, and the top Hamas leadership also lives in the emirate on the Gulf.
Since the ceasefire began, 69 of the approximately 240 hostages held in the Gaza Strip had been released by early Tuesday evening. Among them were a total of 51 Israelis, ten of whom also have German citizenship. In exchange for the released Israeli hostages, 150 Palestinians were released from prisons in Israel.
Qatar: Can't confirm number of remaining hostages
According to the mediator Qatar, another 20 hostages held in the Gaza Strip were to be released on Tuesday and Wednesday. "We have confirmation that 20 hostages in Gaza can be released within two days," Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid al-Ansari said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Qatar could not definitively confirm figures on remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip. There are many estimates of this. "But we can't confirm any of these figures," Al-Ansari said. The Gulf emirate of Qatar is continuing its efforts to extend the ceasefire. The goal is a permanent ceasefire.
German Gaza hostages have "gone through trauma"
The family of several German-Israeli hostages, who were recently released, is now trying to find their way back to life, according to relatives. This is a long process for her aunt, her cousin and their two children, Shira Havron told the German Press Agency on Tuesday on the phone. "They've all been through trauma." However, Havron was not allowed to talk about the conditions and experiences of her relatives' captivity, according to her own statements.
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The Islamist Hamas released their relatives on Saturday as part of the agreement with the Israeli government. The four have both Israeli and German citizenship. Her 67-year-old aunt Shoshan, her 38-year-old daughter Adi and their two children are doing well after their release from the Gaza Strip, Havron said. "But my cousin's husband is still being held there." Without the 38-year-old Tal, the picture would not be complete.
Hamas Calls for Global Solidarity Protests
The Islamist terrorist organization Hamas called for worldwide protests and solidarity marches with the people in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. She referred to the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which is celebrated annually on 29 November. In the appeal circulated on Tuesday, Hamas accused Israel of war crimes in the Gaza war, which began on October 7.
The war was triggered by the worst massacre in Israel's history, carried out by Hamas and other groups from the Gaza Strip on October 7 in Israel near the border. More than 1200 people were killed. About 240 hostages were taken to Gaza, including several Germans.
Israel responded with massive air strikes, a blockade of the Gaza Strip, and launched a ground offensive in late October. According to Hamas, nearly 15,000 people were killed. More than 36,000 were injured. The figures cannot be independently verified at this time. Dpa