Mr Al Ansari said, “The second stage of the exchange will take place over the weekend, after that movement from the south to the north will be facilitated.’’
Israeli strikes on a residential block in Beit Lahiya on Saturday killed dozens, according to the Gazan health ministry.
Deputy head Naim Kassem said the group would choose a successor for Mr Nasrallah to assume the secretary general position as soon as possible.
An Israeli military spokesman said that the reports were being examined.
Ninety-seven hostages are still unaccounted for, presumed to be held in Gaza, which has been under an intense Israeli military offensive since the attacks.
Ms Shafik becomes the third president of an Ivy-league institution to quit over the demonstrations by students who were aggrieved about Israeli incursion in Gaza.
Four militants from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group have been killed in an Israeli military operation in the West Bank.
According to the Palestinian authorities, more than 36,000 people have been killed by Israeli attacks since then.
Saudi Arabia has condemned Israel’s deadly airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a foreign ministry statement said on Wednesday.
Israel wants to use the military operation in Rafah to smash Hamas’ remaining battalions, which it has been fighting in the coastal strip since October 2023.
