Israel says hostage release won’t take place before Friday date: November 22, 2023 author: Jeremy Diamond and David Shortell, CNN publication: CNN tags: Israel-Palestine
- hostage exchange was supposed to happen today (Wednesday), now delayed to at least the 24th (Friday)
- ceasefire has also been delayed until Friday
- “One Israeli official familiar with the matter downplayed its seriousness, putting it down to “fairly minor implementation details.””
- “another official told CNN that part of the reason was that Israel had not yet received names of the first hostages to be released by Hamas.”
- deal negotiated in Qatar
- would also allow humanitarian convoys and relief aid
- “option to last as long as 10 days”