On January 18th, following the Israeli government’s official announcement of the approval of the Gaza ceasefire agreement in the early hours of January 18th, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) issued its first official public statement on the 18th local time, regarding the implementation steps of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Israel. Hamas stated in a statement that the release of Palestinian detainees from both sides in the first phase of the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas depends on the number of Palestinian detainees released by Israel. The statement emphasized that in the first stage of implementing the ceasefire agreement, Hamas will announce the specific list of Palestinian personnel involved in the release before each exchange day in accordance with the agreed terms of the ceasefire agreement.
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