of hostages in the gas sector and the general humanitarian situation in the region, we asked galina balzamovathe red cross in moscow, to comment on additional details. galina, hello, please tell us how the exchange takes place and what is the role of the red cross? the hostage exchange operation that you are talking about now is a multi-year operation. our role, the role of the international committee of the red cross, is the role of a neutral mediator, that is, what i mean is agreements on the very specific details of how, when, where, how many people will be released, these are the negotiations that were conducted between the parties at the moment when they agreed on these details , they also agreed that this neutral role of mediator would be performed by the red cross, and accordingly, this is what we have seen happening for the last 3 days. when our colleagues in gaza go to pick up hostages and provide this transfer to the rafah checkpoint, the same thing happens on the other side, where our colleagues also pick up palestinian prisoners, about whom it was agreed that they would be release