The Palestinian resistance group Hamas that controls Gaza has suspended talks with Israel for a prisoner swap deal, mediator Qatar reportedly informed Tel Aviv on Thursday.
“Hamas told Qatari mediators that it demands a full Israeli troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and an end to the war on the first stage of any prisoner swap deal,” the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported, citing a supply aware of the talks.
There was no instant remark from Qatar on the report.
Hamas is believed to be holding practically 136 hostages following its Oct. 7 cross-border incursion into Israel, killing round 1,140 folks.
The Palestinian resistance group calls for an finish to Israel’s lethal offensive on the Gaza Strip for any deal on a prisoner swap with Israel.
The Israeli authorities has rejected requires halting the Gaza conflict till destroying Hamas and releasing hostages.
Israel has launched a lethal offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, killing a minimum of 25,700 Palestinians and injuring 63,740 others.
The Israeli conflict has left 85% of Gaza’s inhabitants internally displaced amid acute shortages of meals, clear water and drugs, whereas greater than half of the enclave’s infrastructure has been broken or destroyed, in line with the U.N.
Source: www.dailysabah.com