As the ceasefire agreement in Gaza enters its 39th day, an agreement has been reached to resolve the issue of delaying the release of the 620 Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be released in the seventh batch of the ceasefire agreement with the Israeli occupation government, provided that they are released simultaneously with the bodies of four Israeli detainees who were agreed to be handed over during the first phase, in addition to the equivalent number of Palestinian women and children.

Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida announced on Wednesday that the Brigades will hand over the bodies of four Israeli prisoners tonight: Itzachi Idan, Itzik Al-Jarit, Ohad Yahlomi, and Shlomo Mansour, while Palestinian prisoners' institutions said that the occupation will release the Palestinian prisoners before midnight. For its part, Hebrew media reported that the occupation will release the prisoners gradually during the night of Wednesday to Thursday.

Hebrew media outlets, including the Ynet website and the Haaretz newspaper website, quoted an unnamed Israeli official on Wednesday confirming that an agreement had been reached on the problem of Israel delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners. Haaretz quoted the official as saying, "If there is no last-minute glitch, Hamas will return the bodies of four detainees on the night between Wednesday and Thursday, in conjunction with the release of the prisoners who were scheduled to be released last Saturday." Ynet added that the agreement also includes Hamas handing over the bodies of the four detainees agreed upon in the first phase to Egypt, without ceremony, so that the latter will hand them over to the Red Cross, and from there to Israel, which will simultaneously release Palestinian prisoners.

Meanwhile, Axios quoted US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff as saying on Wednesday that an Israeli delegation will travel to Doha or Cairo in the coming days to negotiate a prisoner swap deal for Israelis and Palestinians and a ceasefire in Gaza. Witkoff added: "If all goes well, I may travel to the region (the Middle East) on Sunday" next.

On Tuesday, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted an Israeli official as saying that Witkov had postponed his visit to the region for several days after he was scheduled to begin his visit today, Wednesday, without specifying a new date for the visit. For its part, the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz reported that the reason for the postponement of Witkov's visit was Israel's failure to release Palestinian prisoners, as part of the seventh batch of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.