JERUSALEM/CAIRO –
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Gaza’s ceasefire, due to start at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, will not begin until the Palestinian militant group Hamas provides a list of hostages to be released.
Netanyahu’s announcement comes one hour before the ceasefire deadline. Hostages were expected to be released within hours of the start of the ceasefire, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.
“The prime minister instructed the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) that the ceasefire, which is supposed to go into effect at 8:30 a.m., will not begin until Israel has the list of released abductees that Hamas has pledged to provide,” his office said Sunday.
