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Tel Aviv, Israel and Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Hamas rejects the latest Israeli proposal to stop the war in Gaza, free more Israeli hostages and negotiating disarming of Palestinian combat groups in Gaza, the Hamas official said NP.
The Hamas official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the group has not yet presented a proper response to weapon suspension mediators.
Earlier, Tuesday officials involved in the media in Gaza Beaseffores expressed optimism that in weeks a contract might be achieved, the Egyptian mediators of the NPR said.
Mediators were afraid that each one potential temporary suspension of weapons might be broken by Israel if the agreement doesn’t contain a guaranty of the US to the everlasting end of the war.
Israel’s last proposal before a hearth of weapons presented to Hamas included the desire to barter the everlasting end of the war, but given that Hamas and all groups of fighters in Gaza were dismantled. According to Egyptian mediators, a senior Hamas official and a further official involved in conversations.
Officials spoke provided anonymity to debate the details of the negotiations of the closed door.
Hamas said on Monday that he was studying the latest offer of Israel, which mediators presented the Hamas delegation in Cairo at the weekend. Israel didn’t publicly publish the details of the negotiations.
Israel proposed half the variety of hostages, which was regarded as alive inside 1 week
According to Egyptian officials, as a part of the latest 45-day proposal to suspend weapons offered by Israel, Hamas issued 10 live hostages, which is about half of the variety of hostages they adopted. The first to be released could be an Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, who has US citizenship.
In return, Israel would decelerate almost 1,400 Palestinian detainees and prisoners who were suspending life sentences during these six weeks.
If the parties comply with the everlasting end of the war in these six weeks, including the Hamas agreement for a everlasting location of the weapon, the remaining hostages happen in Gaza, they might even be released, in accordance with the Israeli offer.
Egyptian officials say that Hamas agrees to release more hostages, but maintains all agreements that must ensure the everlasting end of the war, full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the reconstruction of the territory, during which over 90% of homes have been damaged or destroyed, in accordance with the United Nations.
Hamas said on Tuesday in a press release that he lost contact with Aleksander’s guards in Gaza due to the Israeli bombing of their location. Israel had no immediate comment.
The axis of the time proposed by Israel, in accordance with mediators
- Day 1: Hamas releases Edan Alexander, an Israeli soldier with US citizenship as a gesture for the USA
- Day 2: Hamas releases five live hostages in exchange for Israel, who issues 66 Palestinian prisoners who serve lifetime sentences, convicted of violence against Israelis and 611 detained from Gaza.
- Day 3: Israel and Hamas begin negotiations in the “day after” war, including disarmament in gas and the constant end of hostilities.
- Day 7: Hamas releases 4 additional hostages in exchange for 54 Palestinian prisoners who’ve life sentences and 500 Palestinian detained by Israel since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
- Day 10: Hamas provides information on all other live hostages in exchange for Israel providing details about Palestinian detained.
- Day 20: Hamas releases the bodies of 16 deceased hostages in exchange for the bodies of 160 dead Palestinians.
- Within 45 days: The parties must complete negotiations on the everlasting end of the war. Only then Hamas would release all the remaining live and dead hostages. According to Israel, 59 live and dead hostages remain in gas today.
Israel still prohibits food and wrestling with gauze
As a part of the suspension of weapons Weekly blockade In the case of serious supplies, reminiscent of food, fuel and medicines entering Gaza, but Israel demands a brand new mechanism of distribution of humanitarian aid. Israel didn’t publicly reveal the details of this mechanism, but it was Looking at the ways To stop help from Hamas.
UN Secretary General António Guterres claims that Israel, because the ransom power based on international law must open the transitions to Gaza and be sure that the helping help of life has reached people there. Gaza stoves closed without flour, and the help groups claim that the supplies are exhausted.
Guterres claims that the latest mechanisms of help proposed by Israel “risk further control and soullessly limiting help to the last calories and flour grain.”
Growing calls amongst Israeli military veterans until the end of the war in Gaza
Israel’s government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stands Growing connections from reservists And there have been military officers to vary the course in gas and stop the fighting to instantly free all hostages adopted in October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. According to the authorities of the Israeli fighters led by Hamas, they killed almost 1,200 people and took 251 hostages on this attack. Health officials in Gaza claim that Israel’s war killed almost 51,000 Palestinians.
Israeli soldiers rarely spoke against the military, but tons of of Israeli paratroopers, navy, military students and retired air force officers published letters in recent days critical of Netanyahu in the war in Gaza.
In a letter published this week, tons of of navy seals demanded the hostage to return even at the expense of “immediate struggle”.
Last week, the Israeli army said that it will dismiss all reservists of the Active Duty air force, who signed a letter open by other air force reservists, which argues that the war serves the political interests of Netanyahu as a substitute of giving the priority return of hostages.
The extreme right -wing Israeli government adopted the vision of President Trump regarding Gaza and encourages Palestinian resettlement from the territory. Israel describes this as a plan of “voluntary migration”.
Since the resumption of the war last month, the army of Israel took over the large swaths of territory in gas, with tons of of hundreds Palestinians displaced Again. Over 1,600 Palestinians, a 3rd of youngsters, have been killed by an Israeli fire since The suspension of the weapon was brokenAccording to the Ministry of Health, Gaza.
On Tuesday, Netanyahu made an unexpected visit to North Gaza to go to the Israeli army that serves there, and “emphasized the importance of continuing military pressure on the terrorist organization of Hamas”, in accordance with the statement of his office.
“We insist that our hostages are released and insist on achieving all our war goals and we do it thanks to our heroic fighters,” said Netanyahu during the visit.