MIDDLE EAST TICKER-Israeli government representative: We have received the hostage list

MIDDLE EAST TICKER-Israeli government representative: We have received the hostage list Reuters • 3 hours • 3 minutes reading time Jan 19 (Reuters) - The following are developments surrounding the war between Israel and the radical Palestinian organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which has been going on since October 7, 2023, and the conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. Some of the information cannot be independently verified: 9:46 a.m. - According to a government representative, Israel has received the list missing for the planned ceasefire with the names of the three hostages who are to be released by Hamas during the course of the day as part of the Gaza agreement. A high-ranking representative of the Israeli government told the Reuters news agency. A Hamas representative had previously stated that the radical Islamic Palestinian organization had handed over the promised hostage list to the mediators. 9:25 a.m. - Israel's right-wing extremist police minister Itamar Ben-Gwir has resigned in the dispute over the ceasefire agreement with the radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas. This was announced by his nationalist-religious party Otzma Jehudit. Together with two other ministers from his party, he will leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition. However, his party does not want to overthrow Netanyahu's government. The reason for this is the ceasefire agreement with Gaza. He had already threatened to withdraw from the coalition and condemned the agreement as Israel's capitulation to Hamas. 9:21 a.m. - Hamas says it will soon submit the missing list of names of the hostages to be released for the planned ceasefire with Israel. The list will be handed over soon, a Hamas representative told the Reuters news agency on Sunday. The delay in handing over the list was for technical reasons, he confirmed. 08:19 - After the delays in the planned ceasefire with Hamas, Israel continues its attacks in the Gaza Strip. The military says it has attacked "terror targets" in the northern and central Gaza Strip. According to local doctors, three Palestinians were killed in Israeli shelling in the east of Gaza City. 07:35 - The planned ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is delayed. The radical Islamic Palestinian organization has not submitted the promised list of names of the hostages who are to be released in the first phase of the agreement on time, an Israeli army spokesman said. As long as Hamas does not keep its promises, the ceasefire will not come into force and Israel will continue its attacks. Hamas reiterated its commitment to the ceasefire agreement and cited technical reasons on the ground for the missing list of names. The guns were supposed to fall silent from 07:30 CET (08:30 local time). 06:45 - Shortly before the planned ceasefire in the Gaza Strip begins, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded that Hamas hand over a list of the names of the hostages who are to be released from the clutches of Palestinian extremists on time. Netanyahu instructed the armed forces that the ceasefire should not begin until Israel has received the list of the names of the hostages to be released promised by Hamas, his office said. Hamas reiterated its commitment to the ceasefire and explained the delay in transmitting the list of names as being due to "technical reasons". The ceasefire is scheduled to come into effect at 07:30 CET (08:30 local time). 03:06 - Israeli forces are beginning to withdraw from the areas in the south of the Gaza Strip. This is reported by media that are close to the radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas. The Israeli troops are leaving the area around Rafah as far as the Philadelphia Corridor along the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. According to the mediator Qatar, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is to come into force on Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. CET.