A swap of Palestinian prisoners in Israel for Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza wouldn’t start sooner than Friday, Tzachi Hanegbi, Israel’s Nationwide Safety Council director, mentioned in an announcement in a single day. The primary a part of the settlement, a four-day pause in preventing, will even possible not start till Friday, an Israeli official informed the Washington Submit, though a extra particular schedule might be introduced Thursday. The deal, is ready to permit the trade of at the very least 50 Israeli hostages, civilian ladies and kids, for 150 Palestinian ladies and youngsters held in Israeli prisons. Israel has mentioned it may lengthen the pause by a day for each further 10 hostages launched after the preliminary group.