Hamas ready to release all hostages in exchange for a five -year -old truce with Israel – Liberation
A proposal in the middle of the strikes. Hamas is ready to conclude an agreement providing for the release « in a single operation » Of all the hostages still retained in Gaza and a five -year -old truce with Israel, to end the current war, said a movement manager on Saturday 26 April.
These words then arise that a delegation of the Palestinian Islamist movement must meet the Qataris mediators this Saturday in Cairo. It is not clear at this stage if the idea of a long truce has been proposed by Hamas itself or the Egyptian and Qataris mediators.
On April 17, Hamas, who said he was opposed to an agreement « partial »had rejected an Israeli proposal which provided in particular a 45 -day truce in exchange for the return of ten living hostages. Of the 251 people kidnapped on October 7, 58 are still retained in Gaza, 34 of which would have died, said the Israeli army. Israel, who seeks to extend the buffer zone to the border between the two territories, has not yet reacted to Hamas’ proposal.
In his vision of the agreement « overall » that he seeks, the movement requires a stopping of hostilities, a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops, The exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and the entry of humanitarian aid in Gaza. Israel, for its part, demands the return of all hostages and the disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. This last point constitutes a « Red line » for movement.
After a two -month truce which had enabled the return to Israel of 33 hostages, in exchange for 1,800 Palestinian prisoners, Israeli strikes on the Gaza enclave have resumed intensity, increasing the humanitarian disaster in progress.
This Saturday, the Palestinian civil defense reported 17 dead in Israeli strikes in the morning, including ten in a house affected by a bombardment which also left many people under the rubble. The deadliest strike occurred at dawn on a family home in the Al Sabra district south of the city of Gaza, in the north of the Palestinian territory.
« Ten martyrs and around 20 people are missing following the bombing of the house of the Al-Khour family », Authorized this organization of rescuers, Mohammed al-Moughair, told AFP on the faith of the testimonies of neighbors.
According to figures published Friday by the Hamas Ministry of Health, at least 2,062 Palestinians have been killed since the resumption of the Israeli offensive on March 18, bringing the number of deaths to Gaza since the start of the war.
