Qatar says 2nd weekend of hostage-prisoner releases ‘completed,’ without mention of Hamas truce violations

Qatar announces what it says was the successful completion of the second weekend of hostage and prisoner releases.

“As part of the second exchange since the ceasefire began, mediators announce the completion of the handover of 4 Israeli women hostages, one of whom holds a Bulgarian nationality, to the Israeli side in exchange for the release of 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons,” Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari tweets.

He makes no mention of Hamas’s refusal to release female civilian hostage Arbel Yehud and Israel’s subsequent refusal to allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza — both of which were supposed to happen today according to the terms of the ceasefire deal.

Hamas is also supposed to provide Israel with the conditions of all 27 remaining hostages on Saturday.