Its leader Hamas said today (14.04.2025) that they are ready to release all his hostages Israelhowever, some conditions must be met first, With the Palestinians setting conditions to end the war in the Gaza Strip.
A Hamas delegation is currently in Cairo for talks with Egyptian and Qatar officials, who together with the US are mediated by a ceasefire with Israel in the Gaza Strip.
«We are ready to release all Israelis (hostage) In the context of a real prisoners’ exchange agreement and to compensation for the pause of war, her withdrawal of Israeli forces by the Gauze strip and the eίspod humanitarian aid ‘, Taler al -Nounou, a leader of Hamas, told the French Agency.
He himself, however He accused Israel of preventing advances in a ceasefire.
“The problem is not in the number” of the hostages to be released, the Hamas official added, “but rather the fact that (Israel) revises its commitments, blocking the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and continues war.”
“For this reason, Hamas has insisted on the need for guarantees in order to force (Israel) to respect the agreement,” he added.
According to Israeli news website Ynet, a new proposal was submitted to Hamas, which is allegedly to predict the liberation of 10 living hostages with compensation US guarantees that the Israel will start negotiations for a second stage of ceasefire.
The first stage of the truce between January 19 and March 17, 2025, allowed 33 hostages to returnamong which 8 dead, in return for the liberation of Israel about 1,800 Palestinian prisoners.
Efforts to re -implement a ceasefire have so far encountered disagreements over the number of hostages that Hamas should release.
Taher al -Nunou also said Hamas would not be disarmed, which is one of the terms of Israel to end the war.
“The weapons of resistance are not the subject of negotiation,” he noted. The war in Gaza was sparked by Hamas’ unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
OR This attack caused the death of 1,218 people on the Israeli sidein the majority of the citizens, according to a counting of AFP based on official data. Out of 251 people who had been kidnapped then held hostages in the Gaza Strip, 58 are still being held There and of them 34 are dead, according to the Israeli army.
The Hamas Ministry of Health in the Palestinian enclave announced on Sunday (13.04.2025) that At least 1,574 Palestinians have been killed since March 18 that Israel resumed military operations in the Gaza Stripuploading to 50,944 the number of dead in the pocket since the war began 18 months ago.