Israel’s President Isaac Herzog stated they’re prepared for an additional pause for the discharge of hostages held by Hamas.
“I can reiterate the fact that Israel is ready for another humanitarian pause and additional humanitarian aid in order to enable the release of hostages,” Herzog stated throughout a gathering with ambassadors of 80 nations on Tuesday.
“The responsibility lies fully with [Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya] Sinwar and the leadership of Hamas,” he added.
Media reviews from Monday counsel that Mossad chief David Barnea, CIA Director William Burns and Qatari Prime Minister Abdulrahman Al Thani have been discussing renewed negotiations with Hamas in Warsaw.
The leaders met in Poland’s capital to debate a possible new deal to safe the discharge of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in alternate for a possible launch of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and a humanitarian pause within the preventing.
“The talks were positive with negotiators exploring and discussing different proposals in an attempt to progress on negotiations,” the supply stated. “An agreement is not expected imminently, however.”
There was no rapid remark from the CIA.
The talks between Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who additionally serves because the Gulf state’s international minister, Mossad Director David Barnea and CIA Director Bill Burns adopted a gathering between the three in Europe final week.
Qatar has stated that it’s working to restore a humanitarian cease-fire settlement that ended final month and pushing for a complete finish to the greater than two-month struggle.
Qatar and Egypt have been mediators between Israel and Hamas in a deal that led to a week-long truce on the finish of November throughout which Hamas launched greater than 100 ladies, youngsters and foreigners it was holding in alternate for 240 Palestinian ladies and youngsters free of Israeli jails.
According to Israeli estimates, at the very least 109 hostages are nonetheless being held within the Gaza Strip in addition to the our bodies of a number of kidnapped individuals.
A earlier week-long humanitarian pause final month noticed the discharge of 84 Israelis and 24 foreigners by Hamas in alternate for 240 Palestinians from Israeli jails, together with 71 ladies and 169 youngsters.
Herzog claimed that Israel “was not in a war with the Palestinian people, but was fighting its enemy Hamas,” however the Israeli navy has been indiscriminately concentrating on Palestinian civilians and civilian infrastructure since October.
There was no remark from Hamas on the Israeli president’s statements.
Israel’s air and floor assaults on the Gaza Strip for the reason that Oct. 7 assault by Hamas have killed at the very least 19,667 Palestinians, largely ladies and kids, and injured 52,586 others, in response to well being authorities.
The struggle has left Gaza in ruins with half of the coastal territory’s housing inventory broken or destroyed, and almost 2 million individuals displaced inside the densely-populated enclave amid shortages of meals and clear water.
Nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed within the Hamas assault, whereas greater than 130 hostages stay in captivity.
Source: www.dailysabah.com