Hostage Exchange Offer: Hamas, Israel, and US Negotiations for Release of Prisoners

Representatives of Qatar, Egypt and the United States have offered to “Hamas” to release 33 hostages that the terrorists kidnapped and brought to Gaza on October 7 last year during an attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel would release a much larger number of Palestinians held in its prisons.

The exchange of hostages and prisoners would take place in 40 days, when Hamas and Israel would stop their hostilities in Gaza, but would allow more humanitarian aid to be delivered to the civilian population.

“Hamas” must give its answer on Thursday, May 2, but the terrorist group’s press representative told the media yesterday that “Hamas” has a bad opinion on the current version of the offer. However, the group is ready to continue the discussions.

Hamas wants Israel to agree to a complete end to the war and withdraw its troops from Gaza.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, during a meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, reiterated his determination to launch a large-scale ground military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah to destroy the remaining Hamas terrorist units. there

After his meeting with Netanyahu, Blinken announced that it was time to conclude a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip and called on Hamas to agree to the terms of the proposed agreement. Blinken spoke out again against a possible Israeli attack on Rafah without a plan to protect civilians.

CONTEXT:

On October 7, 2023, “Hamas” committed a massacre in Israel, killing around 1,200 people, most of them civilians. About 250 more people, including women, children and the elderly, were kidnapped by the terrorists and taken to the Gaza Strip.

Israel name martial law in the country and launched widespread air and artillery strikes, as well as ground operations against Hamas targets in the group’s controlled Gaza Strip, as well as increasing military operations in Jordan on the west coast.

So far, more than 34,000 people, mostly women and children, have died in the Gaza Strip, according to data from the Hamas-run Ministry of Health, and the UN has warned of the growing numbers. if so threats.

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