Discussions resume between Israel and Hamas. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed this Saturday the resumption of indirect negotiations with the Palestinian movement in Qatar for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023. He added that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had given “precise directives for the continuation of negotiations”. Hamas announced Friday that negotiations were resuming in Doha with a view to obtaining a truce in the Gaza Strip, specifying that they would include a “complete cessation of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.
Despite intense diplomatic efforts led under the aegis of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, no truce has been concluded since that of a week at the end of November 2023, which allowed the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Negotiations took place in December in Doha, but Hamas and Israel accused each other of stopping them.
A video of a hostage released by Hamas
At the same time this Saturday, the armed wing of Hamas published a new video of one of the people kidnapped on October 7, 2023. The video, approximately 3 minutes and 30 seconds long, whose recording date cannot be verified, shows a young woman speaking in Hebrew and calling on the Israeli government to act to secure her release.
The family of the hostage, Liri Albag, a 19-year-old Israeli woman, authorized the publication of screenshots of the video, said the Families Forum, the main association of relatives of hostages held in the Gaza Strip . The young woman was kidnapped while doing her military service at the Nahal Oz base in southern Israel, along with six other soldiers, five of whom are still held captive. The Families Forum said in a statement that this sign of life was “hard and undeniable proof of the urgency of bringing the hostages home.” Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke with Liri Albag’s parents.
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