The other two newly released hostages were a brother and sister, Mr Belal and Ms Aisha al-Ziadna, aged 18 and 17 respectively, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. They are Bedouin Arab citizens of Israel and among four members of their family taken hostage while they were milking cows on a farm.
One of Qatar’s lead negotiators, career diplomat Abdullah Al Sulaiti, who helped broker the truce through marathon shuttle negotiations, acknowledged in a recent Reuters interview the uncertain odds of keeping the guns silent.
“At the beginning, I thought achieving an agreement would be the most difficult step,” he said in an article that detailed the behind-the-scenes efforts for the first time.
“I’ve discovered that sustaining the agreement itself is equally challenging.”
The truce had allowed more fuel and 56 trucks of humanitarian supplies to enter Gaza on Nov 30, Israel’s Defence Ministry and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.
But deliveries of food, water, medical supplies and fuel remain far below what is needed, aid workers say.
At an emergency meeting in Amman, Jordan’s King Abdullah on Nov 30 urged UN officials and international groups to pressure Israel to allow more aid into the beleaguered enclave, according to delegates.
When the ceasefire first came into effect a week ago, Israel was preparing to turn the focus of its operation to southern Gaza after its seven-week assault to the north.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met Israeli and Palestinian officials on Nov 30 on his third trip to the region since the war began, declined to comment on the collapse of the truce to reporters travelling on his plane.
The day before, Mr Blinken called on Israel to do more to protect civilians once fighting resumes. He praised the truce and said Washington hoped it would be extended.
“We discussed the details of Israel’s ongoing planning and I underscored the imperative for the United States that the massive loss of civilian life and displacement of the scale that we saw in northern Gaza not be repeated in the south,” he told reporters in Tel Aviv, adding the Israeli government had agreed. REUTERS
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