A senior Hamas official stated Monday the group is prepared to launch all Israeli hostages if Israel agrees to a complete prisoner change and supplies ensures to finish the genocidal conflict in Gaza.
Hamas left Cairo on Monday after negotiations with mediators from Egypt and Qatar – two nations working alongside the U.S. to dealer a cease-fire within the besieged territory.
“We are ready to release all Israeli captives in exchange for a serious prisoner swap deal, an end to the war, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the entry of humanitarian aid,” Taher al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, advised AFP.
However, he accused Israel of obstructing progress towards a cease-fire.
“The issue is not the number of captives,” al-Nunu stated, “but rather that the occupation is reneging on its commitments, blocking the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and continuing the war.”
“Hamas has therefore stressed the need for guarantees to compel the occupation (Israel) to uphold the agreement,” he added.
Israeli news web site Ynet reported Monday {that a} new proposal had been put to Hamas.
Under the deal, the group would launch 10 dwelling hostages in change for U.S. ensures that Israel would enter negotiations for a second section of the cease-fire.
The first section of the cease-fire, which started on Jan. 19 and included a number of hostage-prisoner exchanges, lasted two months earlier than disintegrating.
Efforts towards a brand new truce have stalled, reportedly over disputes relating to the variety of hostages to be launched by Hamas, with 58 folks nonetheless held within the Palestinian territory.
Pointing to these failed negotiations, Israeli marketing campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum stated it was towards talks geared toward phased hostage releases.
“The phases method wastes valuable time and jeopardises all of the hostages”, the group representing kinfolk of hostages stated.
“We demand to choose the necessary, feasible and appropriate solution: ending the war and returning all the hostages together, in one immediate phase.”
Meanwhile, al-Nunu stated that Hamas wouldn’t disarm, a key situation that Israel has set for ending the conflict.
“The weapons of the resistance are not up for negotiation,” he added.
Egypt, Qatar reject displacement
Also Monday, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani affirmed their absolute rejection of the displacement of Palestinians from their land.
The two leaders mentioned throughout their assembly in Doha the newest efforts to revive a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner change settlement between Israel and Hamas, the Egyptian presidency stated in an announcement.
According to the assertion, el-Sissi and Al Thani exchanged views on the right way to handle the deteriorating humanitarian circumstances in Gaza by securing enough support flows for Palestinians within the enclave.
Death toll nears 51,000
Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed no less than 39 extra Palestinians within the final 24 hours, bringing the dying toll from Israel’s genocidal conflict since October 2023 to 50,983, the Health Ministry stated Monday.
A ministry assertion stated that 118 extra injured folks have been additionally transferred to hospitals, taking the variety of accidents to 116,274 within the Israeli onslaught.
“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.
The conflict in Gaza broke out after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas incursion of southern Israel, which brought on round 1,200 deaths and took 251 hostages, in accordance with Israeli official figures.
Source: www.dailysabah.com