WATCH: PM Modi welcomes Israel-Hamas deal, hopes Hamas will release all hostages soon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said India welcomes the deal reached by Israel and Hamas to release 50 hostages and pause fighting for four days.

“We welcome the news of the release of hostages. We hope all the hostages will be released soon,” PM Modi said during the G20 Virtual Summit.

“We believe that terrorism is unacceptable to all of us. The death of civilians is condemnable regardless of where it happens,” the Prime Minister added.

#WATCH | On release of 50 hostages held in Gaza, PM Modi during G20 Virtual Summit says,”…We welcome the news of the release of hostages. We hope all the hostages will be released soon….” pic.twitter.com/TX4i3VYEDD

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Before the dawn of Wednesday, Israel and Hamas announced that they had agreed to the terms of a Qatar-brokered deal that would see 50 Israeli women and children released in exchange for a four-day ceasefire.

Hamas has approximately 240 people in its captivity which it abducted into Gaza during its 7 October terror onslaught.

As per the decision, all the 300 Palestinian prisoners will be released only on condition that Hamas frees 100 living hostages – Israeli citizens or Israeli residents – from Gaza and ensure their safe return to Israel.

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The war cabinet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Minister Benny Gantz will decide the identity of prisoners to be released in each phase, taken from the list provided.

Also, they have been authorised to determine the timing of each phase.

The statement from Israeli government cleared that “immediately after the end of the pause in fighting needed to secure the release of the hostages, fighting will resume in the Gaza Strip to destroy the military and organisational capabilities of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza and to create the conditions for the return of all the hostages.”

With inputs from agencies