According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, there’s “progress” in negotiations on an settlement to launch hostages held within the Gaza Strip. “Everything we do cannot be disclosed,” Netanyahu mentioned within the Israeli parliament on Monday. “We are taking measures to bring them back. I want to be careful to say that progress has been made and we will not rest until we bring them all home.”
The radical Islamic group Hamas and two different militant Palestinian teams mentioned on Saturday that an settlement with Israel on a ceasefire was “closer than ever” until Israel units new situations.
The worldwide mediators Egypt, Qatar and the USA have been attempting for months to realize a ceasefire within the Gaza warfare and the discharge of the Israeli hostages nonetheless held within the Gaza Strip. A couple of days in the past a brand new spherical of negotiations befell in Doha.
Hamas and allied fighters killed a complete of 1,205 individuals of their unprecedented assault on Israel on October 7 final 12 months. Of the 251 hostages kidnapped by Hamas, 96 are presently nonetheless being held within the Gaza Strip, 34 of whom have been formally declared useless by Israel.
His message to the households of the hostages was: “We are thinking of you and we will not give up on your loved ones because they are also our loved ones,” Netanyahu mentioned in parliament.
Since the Hamas assault, Israel has taken huge army motion within the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas-controlled well being authority, greater than 45,000 individuals have now been killed. The data can’t be independently verified.
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