Hamas official: Israel blocked aid trucks and flew drones over south Gaza
Rushdi Abu Alouf
BBC News
A senior Hamas official has told the BBC that the delay to the handover of the hostages this evening is due to Israeli violations of the humanitarian truce agreement by preventing agreed-upon aid trucks from entering northern Gaza.
He said that Israel allowed only three trucks out of 100 to reach northern Gaza.
He also said that Israel violated the ceasefire agreement by flying drones over southern Gaza.
Israel has denied it has violated the truce agreement.
Hamas says Israel changed the agreed list of Palestinian prisoners to be released
Rushdi Abu Alouf
BBC News
The Hamas official, speaking to the BBC, also said that Israel made significant changes to the agreed list of Palestinian prisoners to be released.
He also claimed that the Israel Defense Forces killed two Palestinians in Beit Hanoun in Gaza, in an area where Palestinians are allowed to move.
He was talking to the BBC about Hamas's decision to delay the release of Israeli hostages.
Israel has denied violating the truce agreement.
UN says aid had reached north Gaza yesterday
The delay in the release of the hostages appears to be partly over a row about how many aid lorries have entered Gaza as part of the deal - more specifically how many have reached northern Gaza.
UNRWA said on Friday that aid had reached the north of Gaza yesterday for the first time in a month, and the UN said 137 lorries entered Gaza in total yesterday. The Palestinian Red Crescent put the number of lorries crossing Rafah at 196.
Today, Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said the UN was delivering over 50 lorries containing humanitarian aid - food, water, shelter and medical supplies - to the northern Gaza Strip and to shelters that had not yet been evacuated.
Hamas has accused Israel of not following the terms of the ceasefire agreement, and has delayed today's release of hostages because of that.