Detainees, Truce and Agreements *title altered at OP's request*

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Continuing broad discussion of the release of detainees, hostages and prisoners and the agreements around this.

This is a bit confusing the way it is written but seems to be about another hostage Eden Zakaria found deceased

Army retrieves bodies of two Israelis in Gaza

The Israeli army said in on its Telegram channel that it recovered the bodies of Eden Zakaria and Ziv Dado. Their families have been informed after they were identified by experts, the army said.

Zakaria, 27, was taken from the Re’im music festival and Dado, 36, was a soldier killed while serving in the Golani Brigades 51st Battalion.

Thank you

Therre is a UN live channel on youtube, if anyone is interested in watching the process.

Thanks @stormy4319trevor

Oh no! The eejits are flooding tunnels according to WSJ

The Israeli military has reportedly begun pumping seawater into Gaza’s tunnel system, with some critics warning that such a move could hurt Gaza’s freshwater supply, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Israeli military has said such tunnels are where Hamas is hiding fighters, hostages, and weapons, the Journal reported. The process of destroying the tunnels by pumping in seawater could take weeks.

Israel’s military did not immediately provide comment on the report to Reuters.

@Efacsen what a disaster if true
Not only could it damage the water supply but also weaken the ground leading to the collapse of buildings

@Efacsen Unbelievable. That is stupid and incredibly callous. I wonder if our UK politicians will express any concern. Or the US.

@Parkingt111 really hope it's not true !!

Gaza reports on twitter is saying Hamas leaders have been told to leave Qatar for Algeria

Key points for today's resolution that will be voted on

• It demands “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire”
• It reiterates that “all parties comply with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, notably with regard to the protection of civilians”
• It also calls for the “immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, as well as ensuring humanitarian access

@Parkingt111 I am pleased it seems balanced and gets in that access to the hostages is needed/ ensured.

@Kaffeebitte I hope that is true. I know Qatar have done a lot with regard to negotiations but personally I find it a hard pill to swallow whilst Hamas hierarchy reside there.

@Stomacharmeleon it may make it much harder to negotiate with them though. Although it looks like the Israeli Govt have given up on the hostages anyway at this stage with flooding the tunnels.

The draft resolution has passed.

@Kaffeebitte the sources I have seen/ read suggest the tunnels flooded will be ones already searched/ sealed/ not used. So they can't go back to them.

153 member states voted in favour, 10 against and there were 23 abstentions.

This was the result for the last one that happened in October
So it can be seen that since then more countries have backed a ceasefire

October ceasefire resolution vote:
121 votes in favour, 14 against and 44 abstentions.

December (todays):
153 member states voted in favour, 10 against and there were 23 abstentions

@Parkingt111 I think the UK abstained. I'm glad it passed, Some hope for peace, now I wonder what it can do,

I hope it leads to action. To Israel’s bombs stopping and guns going silent.

That is progress then, as more now in favour.

It's non binding so I'm not sure what will come out of it

Once again US voted against and UK abstained

@Parkingt111 I am not surprised by that. Are you?

@Stomacharmeleon no, neither am i

The 10 members who voted against
Israel
United States
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Austria
Czechia
Guatemala
Liberia
Micronesia
Nauru

While I hope, I am like you in thinking realistically Israel will ignore it because the US voted against which means they still have a green light from Genocide Joe.