According to CCTV News reported on October 12, since the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement officially came into effect, all parties are currently making steady progress on relevant work at this stage and preparing for the next exchange of detainees.

Reports say that the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel are ready to release each other's personnel. After the ceasefire agreement came into effect, a large number of Gazans began to return to northern Gaza from temporary shelters. At the same time, international aid materials also began to enter the Gaza Strip.

Local time 12 October 2025: Nusair refugee camp in central Gaza, displaced Palestinians drive back to Gaza City with their belongings.

Hamas and Israel ready to release each other¡¯s officials

On the first day after the ceasefire agreement came into effect, the Israel Defense Forces said they had retreated to the agreed "withdrawal line" in accordance with the agreement. As the ceasefire enters its second day, another important element of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement-the release of detained persons is also advancing steadily.

Under the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which was previously disclosed, Hamas will release all 20 Israeli detainees and return the remains of 28 Israeli detainees, while Israel will simultaneously release more than 1,900 detained Palestinians.

Hamdan, a senior member of Hamas, said in an interview with AFP on Monday that Hamas would begin releasing Israeli detainees on the morning of 13 local time. According to British media reports, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharon Haskel said in an interview that Hamas is likely to release detainees early on the evening of 12 local time.

The Israeli prison administration issued a statement on Thursday saying that Israel has transferred some of the detained Palestinians to the prison of Ophor and Caetzee, and that they will be released in both places to the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

Health authorities in Gaza are preparing to take back 1,900 Palestinians and the bodies taken from the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces, Dr. Munir Boursh, head of Gaza's health department, said in a statement, according to US media reports. Many of the released Palestinians are expected to need "emergency treatment," the statement said.

According to CCTV News, on the Israeli side, the Israel Defense Forces have completed preparations for the Rem base on the Israeli side of the Gaza border, where most of the detainees will first undergo a health assessment after their release. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Sheba Medical Center, Israel's largest medical institution, where the detainees will receive further treatment after their release.

A large number of people in Gaza began to return to their homes

After the ceasefire agreement came into effect, a large number of people in Gaza also began to leave from temporary shelters to return home. On the 11th, the Gaza Strip Civil Defense Agency stated that more than 500,000 people have returned to Gaza City since the first phase of the ceasefire came into effect.

However, the number of casualties in the Gaza Strip is still increasing. According to statistics from the health department of the Gaza Strip on the 11th, since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, 2023, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have resulted in 67,682 deaths and 170,033 injuries. The total number of deaths from famine and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip has risen to 463. In the past 24 hours, the health department in the Gaza Strip found 116 bodies locally, and medical institutions in the Gaza Strip received a total of 35 bodies and 72 wounded people.

The Gaza Civil Defence Department also said that about 9,500 people are still missing in the Gaza Strip.Many Gazans are still looking for missing relatives, some of whose children have died in Israeli attacks, are buried under the rubble; some have disappeared to date and have no messages.

International aid starts entering Gaza

At the same time, international aid to the Gaza Strip is gradually resuming. According to the BBC, dozens of relief trucks began to enter Gaza on the morning of the 12th local time, and more trucks are expected to enter. According to the Associated Press, Egypt said it would send 400 aid trucks to Gaza on Sunday. The trucks must be inspected by the Israeli army before they can be allowed in.

Associated Press footage showed dozens of trucks crossing the Egyptian side of the Rafah port. The Egyptian Red Crescent Society said the trucks were carrying medical supplies, tents, blankets, food and fuel. The trucks will go to the inspection area at the Kerem Shalom port to be inspected by Israeli forces.

According to the UN estimates, at least 600 trucks a day are needed to transport goods to solve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Since the outbreak of the conflict, the Gaza Strip has suffered a severe humanitarian crisis and a majority of the region has suffered from famine due to massive logistical obstacles, including ongoing conflict, Israeli restrictions and damage to Gaza¡¯s infrastructure.

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About 6,000 people buried under the rubble of Gaza: Hamas will not leave its land

The first phase of the ceasefire agreement came into effect at 12 a.m. local time, but the real challenge lies in the next phase of the ceasefire agreement.The ¡°20-point plan¡± proposed by the United States has failed to agree on allowing Hamas to disarm, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, the sustainability of Israel and equality.

As of now, the ceasefire in Gaza has entered the following day, with more than half a million people returning to Gaza City.In the meantime, Egypt plans to hold a multilateral peace summit on the 13th.

According to data, about 6,000 people are currently buried under the rubble in Gaza.

and Hamas:

If the war restarts, will fight and will not leave their own land

On October 11, Hamas senior member Hussam Badlan said in an interview that the group was prepared for potential combat.

¡°We hope that we will not return to the war,¡± Badran said, ¡°but if this battle is imposed on us, our Palestinian people and resistance forces will confront and use all their capabilities to repel this aggression.¡±

Asked if the Hamas leader would leave the Gaza Strip, he replied that Hamas would stay in the Gaza Strip and that the Hamas leader who lives in the Gaza Strip is in their own land... whether he is a Hamas member or not, talking about expelling the Palestinians from their land is absurd nonsense.¡±

On the issue of disarmament, Badran said that the weapons of the resistance forces are "individual weapons used to defend the Palestinian people". At the same time, he predicted that future negotiations would "require more complicated discussions, not as easy as the first stage".

Badran said that Hamas does not want to return to conflict, but if a war is imposed on the Palestinian people, then the Palestinians and the resistance forces will undoubtedly face up to and use all their capabilities to repel aggression.

Israel

Refusing to Release 'Most Popular Palestinian Leader'

According to Central Television News, the Israeli release list of 250 people has been confirmed by the Israeli Ministry of Justice, but the list did not meet Hamas¡¯ core demands.

Hamas has strongly demanded the release of four prominent Palestinian figures, including Fatah senior leader Malwan Barghouti, widely regarded as the best successor of Palestinian President Abbas, Palestinian People's Liberation Front Secretary-General Ahmed Saadad, and Hamas senior commanders Hassan Salam and Abbas Sayid.

Malvane Balgoti information photos

According to the report, 66-year-old barghouti is one of the few figures in Palestinian politics who has won consensus recognition, and polls continue to show that he is the most popular Palestinian leader. Some Palestinians see him as their own "Nelson Mandela". However, Israel regards him as a "terrorist leader", and he is serving multiple life imprisonment sentences for being convicted in connection with the attack that killed five people in 2004.

An Israeli security source said that the request to release the four men was "a red line that the negotiating team will not cross". Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior member of Hamas, said that the organization insisted on the release of Barghouti and other prominent figures and was discussing this with the mediator.

500,000 people return to Gaza City

It is estimated that about 6,000 people were buried under the rubble.

After the ceasefire agreement came into force, a large number of Gaza residents have also begun to return to their homes from the temporary shelters.On the 11th, the Gaza Strip civil defense agency said that more than half a million people have returned to Gaza City since the first phase of the ceasefire agreement came into force.

Local time 11 October, Gaza City

According to statistics from the Gaza Strip Health Department on the 11th, since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, 2023, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have caused 67682 deaths and 170033 injuries. The total number of deaths from famine and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip has risen to 463.

In the past 24 hours, the Gaza Strip health department found 116 bodies in the area, and medical institutions in the Gaza Strip received a total of 35 bodies and 72 injured people.

The Civil Defense Department of the Gaza Strip also stated that at present, about 9,500 people are still missing in the Gaza Strip. According to the report data of the Gaza Ministry of Health, about 6,000 people are still buried under the rubble of buildings. Zaher Vahidi, the data chief of the department, said that the actual number may be thousands higher, because in some attacks, whole families were killed and no one was able to report them missing.

Christine Cadone, a senior spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, revealed that in addition to the 6000 people buried under the rubble, there were at least 7000 missing cases. "In a war where the exact number of deaths is unknown, no one knows the exact number of missing people," said Catherine Bamberg, director-general of the International Commission on Missing Persons.

Many people can only find their loved ones in the rubble. Mohammad Nahir¡¯s son Ahmed has disappeared for two years, saying: ¡°It¡¯s as if the earth has swallowed him. We are tortured.¡± ¡°The mother of another named Fadeva Calban, who still keeps the clothes of the disappeared son, never washed the clothes,¡± I want to keep his breath.¡±

Both Khalid Nassar's daughter and son were killed in the air strike and buried under their houses. He and his wife used hammers and shovels to break through the rubble, hoping to find the remains of the child. His wife, Hadra, said that she would continue to dig, "even if only the ring on my son's finger can be found, it will be buried instead of the body as his tomb."