Palestine: Hostage exchange expected on Saturday
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00:00In Palestine, after the ceasefire, an exchange of hostages and the return of displaced civilians
00:05to their neighborhoods are expected.
00:07From the Gaza Strip, our collaborator Huda Hegazi brings us more information.
00:12Today, Hebrew-Israeli sources provided details about the hostages-for-prisoners swap, which
00:22will be held on Saturday.
00:24Furthermore, they explained that what would be happening further, including the procedure
00:29that Gazans must follow to come back to northern Gaza.
00:32Firstly, media outlets informed that the Hamas movement must hand over the list of the four
00:37hostages who will be released next Saturday.
00:40We can say that three out of the four hostages are women soldiers, and just one is a civilian
00:46woman.
00:47They further ensured that after the delivery of this list, which is scheduled on Friday
00:54and Saturday, the hostages-for-prisoners swap will be carried out, in which the Hamas movement
01:01should release these four women.
01:03And in turn, the Israeli regime should release a figure of female Palestinian prisoners,
01:09but so far they haven't set the accurate number.
01:12However, by the time that the hostages-for-prisoners swap takes place, which is estimated to be
01:17held at 4 p.m., the Hamas movement must release these four hostages at the International Red
01:23Cross, and this one will be in charge of taking them to the border crossings, where the head
01:29of the Mossad, Shabbatat Shabit, as well as the representatives of the Israeli forces
01:34will pick them up, so they will take them to a care center to check that they are healthy,
01:40and later they will take them to their families.
01:43Right after completing such process, the Israeli regime should initiate a withdrawal from the
01:49Netzari checkpoint, which is freely set to split the north from the south of the Gaza Strip.
01:55And once the Israeli forces and all military mechanisms withdrew, then it would be allowed
02:01the return of Gazans to the northern area.
02:05Notwithstanding, on Saturday, by the time the four hostages be released, the Hamas movement
02:11is planning to hand over the list of the rest of hostages who will be released in this first phase,
02:17amounting to 33 hostages.
02:20Besides, Hamas will indicate those hostages remaining alive and those who passed away.
02:25The returning operation of Gazans to the northern Strip, we had already noticed that the comeback
02:31will occur after the withdrawal of the Israeli forces and the military mechanism in the Netzari area.
02:39For the return of Gazans to the north, there are two paths.
02:44One is the El Rashid Street, which is the coastal path where Gazans will be allowed
02:48to return by foot, with basic needs, for instance a backpack, and in that path Gazans won't be checked.
02:58We have to say that such path is open for the exit and return, that is, Gazans will
03:03be able to return from the north to the south, and from the south to the north.
03:10Nonetheless, the other path, which is the Salah al-Din Street, is made for vehicles,
03:15cars, and even those carried by animals such as donkeys or horses.
03:22However, that path will be checked with an x-ray device of an Egyptian cataract company,
03:28which will be the one checking those cars, vehicles that pass by that road.
03:34We have to highlight that it is only allowed the entrance from the south to the north,
03:40and not vice versa.
03:43That is, those Gazans driving cars or vehicles won't be allowed to return from the north
03:48to the south of the Gaza Strip, in a way that such process, in which the Salah al-Din Street
03:53could be open, that is, Gazans could go in and out, that process will take place after
04:002020, after 22 days of the humanitarian truce, two weeks after the return of Gazans to the
04:06north area.
04:07And that is what this really raging issue today, but we are still waiting for the official
04:11statement to be made by the Hamas movement, which will be issued late Friday or even on
04:16early Saturday, the day in which hostages will be released.