A long-awaited ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was delayed Sunday (Jan 19) after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the last minute that it would not take effect until the Palestinian group provided a list of the hostages to be released.
Hamas, while "affirming its commitment" to the terms of the ceasefire, said: "The delay in providing the names of those to be released in the first batch is due to technical reasons."
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Hamas, while "affirming its commitment" to the terms of the ceasefire, said: "The delay in providing the names of those to be released in the first batch is due to technical reasons."
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00:00A long-awaited ceasefire in the Israel and Hamas war was delayed on Sunday due to unmet
00:08obligations by Hamas.
00:10According to the Israeli authorities, Hamas failed to deliver the list of hostages scheduled
00:15for release on the first day of the truce.
00:17Hamas, while affirming its commitment to the terms of the ceasefire, said the delay in
00:22providing the names of those to be released in the first batch is due to technical reasons.
00:28However, Hamas did not elaborate further about the specific challenges causing the holdup.
00:34Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office released a statement just under an
00:38hour before the ceasefire was due to commence at 8.30am local time.
00:43The statement said that the Prime Minister had instructed the Israel Defense Forces to
00:47delay the implementation of the truce until the list of hostages was received.
00:52The ceasefire is intended to pave the way for an end to more than 15 months of war sparked
00:57by the October 7th attack.