A list of 34 Israeli hostages including “all women, the sick, children and the elderly” has been approved by the Hamas terrorist group for a possible exchange while a truce continues to be negotiated.
The Hamas terrorist group has approved a list of 34 hostages who could be exchanged with Palestinians detained in Israel during a possible ceasefire, Reuters reported on Sunday, based on comments from a senior Hamas official. Hamas.
A Hamas official told AFP that the Islamist group had “agreed to release 34 Israeli prisoners from a list provided by Israel in the first phase of a prisoner exchange deal“.
This list, he specified, includes “theall women, the sick, children and the elderly“among the Israeli hostages.
“Hamas and resistance groups need about a week of calm to communicate with the captors and identify the (hostages) dead or alive” added the official, who requested anonymity.
Withdraw from the Gaza Strip
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated in a statement that “contrary to what has been reported, Hamas has still not provided a list of hostages“. The latter clarified that such an agreement was only possible if the IDF withdrew from the Gaza Strip and that a permanent ceasefire was in force.
A new attempt to reach a truce is underway in Doha. Israel and Hamas do not speak directly but through American, Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
Despite intense diplomatic efforts, no truce has been concluded since that of a week at the end of November 2023, which allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
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