Hamas says it will delay the next round of hostage releases slated for Saturday because it claims Israel is not in compliance with other parts of the agreement, namely that the promised aid had not reached the northern stretches of the Gaza Strip because the Israeli military had blocked the trucks, the Washington Post reports.
A spokesman for the Red Crescent–the Muslim equivalent of the Red Cross–confirmed that a number of its trucks delivering supplies to civilians in the north were barred from entering areas because they were declared “military zones” unilaterally by the Israeli Defense Force.
The Associated Press reports that prior to the latest announcement, Hamas had provided Qatari and Egyptian mediators with a list of 14 hostages it would release Saturday. An Egyptian spokesperson confirmed Israel’s prison system was preparing no fewer than 42 Palestinian prisoners for release.