These are some of the major components of the hostage deal, according to lead Qatari negotiator

The lead Qatari negotiator of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas outlined some operational details about the deal in an interview with CNN.

The deal has two major components, he said:

• One “specifically focuses on civilian women and children on each side” being released over several days.
• And the other related to “quality” humanitarian aid and assistance to people in Gaza.

“We hope that within the four days, we will be able to complete the release of women and children in both sides, moving to the safe side, away from this war,” Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, who is also Qatar’s minister of state for foreign affairs, told CNN Wednesday.

Israel and Hamas will have to meet certain “obligations” over a four-day pause to release a certain number of people daily, Al-Khulaifi said.

“So in each day, we aim to have a number of releases, because the number is big. We've managed to get the parties to agree on the releases systematically. In other words, there will be an organized schedule, allowing the releases in each day. And each party is quite familiar now with their obligations,” Al-Khulaifi said, adding that the deal envisages “a minimum” of 10 Israeli hostages releases a day.  

Al-Khulaifi said his team would monitor the fulfillment of both parties’ obligations and would report back to them daily. 

“By the first hours of the agreements, we will be notified of the official list of people each day. And by having that list, we will make sure that we notify either the sides, the parties themselves, or even the countries that have their hostages in the Gaza Strip currently,” he said. 

Hamas had previously said it needs pauses in fighting to gather the hostages who are being held in different places and by different Hamas-allied groups in Gaza.  

Meanwhile, fulfilling the provision of “quality” humanitarian assistance to Gazans will involve regional and international stakeholders — not just Israel, Al-Khulaifi said.

Al-Khulaifi said his team had managed to secure fuel for “vital” infrastructure, like hospitals. 

“That is progress. That's what we hope that that the humanitarian aid will continue, and will remain, as citizens and people in Gaza have nothing to do with this war,” he said.