This morning Hamas He announced that he accepted to free all the American hostages still held prisoners in Gaza. Five American citizens are currently held prisoners in Gaza. Of the American prisoners, it is believed that only one, Edan Alexander, is still alive. The Hamas agreement means that it will return Alexander and the bodies of the other four American hostages. In the declaration, it reads: «Yesterday, the Hamas leadership delegation received a proposal from the mediatory brothers to resume negotiations. The movement responded responsible and positively and presented his answer this morning, including his agreement to release the Israeli soldier Idan Alexander, which has American citizenship, in addition to the bodies of four others with double citizenship. The movement affirms its complete willingness to start negotiations and reach a global agreement on the questions of the second phase, asking the employment to fully fulfill its obligations “. Always this morning the Israeli defense forces (Idf) They declared “that they had made an attack against a group of militants identified while trying to place explosive devices in the ground, near the area where the troops were operational, in the central area of the Gaza Strip”.
The special envoy of the United States, Steve Witkoff, He has advanced a new proposal for the release of the hostages held by Hamas to Gaza and for the extension of the ceased the fire. According to an informed source on the offer, the agreement would provide for a 50 -day extension of the truce, during which Israel It would issue condemned prisoners for terrorism in exchange for the liberation of some hostages. At the same time, the negotiations for the second phase of the cessation would resume, which would include the conditional is of Abbligo, the complete retreat of Israel from Gaza, despite the continuous violations of the truce by Hamas.
It is not yet clear how many hostages would be freed with this proposal, but some rumors indicate that five living hostages and nine bodies could be released, including US citizens. Hamas has already rejected a previous proposal that provided for a two -month extension of the ceased in exchange for the release of half of the hostages at the beginning and of the remaining part at the end of the period. The group also rejected another offer made by United Stateswhich provided for the extension of the truce for two months in exchange for the liberation of ten hostages. Israel Katz He said: “The IDFs will remain in five strategic points in the southern Lebanon indefinitely, regardless of the negotiations on the 13 points disputed on the border”. During an evaluation with the Chief of Staff of the IDF, the lieutenant general Eyal Zamir And other high military officers, Katz as his office writes, “clarified that the IDFs will remain in the five points that control the caring area in Lebanon, indefinitely, to protect the north residents, and this without any connection with future negotiations on the dispute points on the border”. According to reports, Katz also ordered the IDF to strengthen their positions in the five strategic points and to prepare to remain there for a long time.
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