Hostage release: story of an evening when the Israel-Hamas agreement came close to imploding

2023-11-25 22:41:42

Like a clap of thunder. The fragile agreement reached between Israel and Hamas almost ended even before the second round of hostage releases this Saturday. For many hours, the process was interrupted by Hamas, raising fears of a failure of the exchange between Israelis and Palestinians, or even the breakdown of the truce concluded on Wednesday. Then the threat vanished, as quickly as it had appeared, in the early evening, thanks to mediation led by several countries including Qatar.