Hamas agrees to release Israeli-American hostage in Gaza until there are talks about the constant end of the war
Hamas said on Friday that he had agreed to release the American-Israeli dual citizen if Israel began the phase of negotiating the termination of fire on the permanent end of the war, but Israel rejected the offer as “psychological war.”
The Palestinian militant group announced that she was bid to release from New Jersey, Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old soldier in the Israeli army, and teaching the bodies of four other double National hostages, after receiving negotiations from interviews for negotiations stopped.
The group announced that his head of exiled Gaza, Khalil al-Hayy, was to arrive in Cairo later on Friday on Friday because of further interviews on tribute with Egyptian mediators.
Fights in Gaza have been stopped from January 19 under the fire interruption agreement. But when her preliminary first phase expired on March 2, the sides failed to agree on the beginning of the second phase, which led to the breakup of the conversation and the total Israeli blockade of Gaza’s belt.
Israel offered to extend the first phase to April, a proposal supported by American envoy Steve Witkoff. But Hamas said he would continue to release the hostages only if the second phase begins, during which Israel will be obliged to talk about the withdrawal of the trunk and the constant end of the war, the main demands of Hamas.
The Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Hamas’ offer to release Alexander “manipulation and psychological war”.
“While Israel accepted Witkoff’s proposal, Hamas stands on his rejection and did not reject a millimeter,” his office added. It will comply with their cabinet on Saturday night to talk about the situation with hostages and decide on the following steps.
Getting us hostage exposing “Main Priority”
American envoy Witkoff told reporters at the White House in early March that the acquisition of Alexander’s release was a “main priority.” The American negotiator for hostages Adam Boehler met with the Hamas leaders in recent days to look for Alexander’s release.
Two Hamas officials told Reuters to their agreement to release American-Israeli hostage, and four bodies were conditioned to start discussions about the second phase of the ceasefire, the opening of the transition and raising the total blockade that Israel imposed two weeks ago.
“We are working with intermediaries for the agreement to succeed and forces an occupation to conclude all the stages of the agreement,” said Reuters Abdel-Llatif al-Qanou, a spokesman for Hamas.
“Hamas’ approval to release Edan Alexander wants to be fostered according to the conclusion of the agreement phase,” Qanoua said.
Palestinian officials say that people in Gaza could soon run out clean drinking water. After Israel interrupted the electricity supply in Gaza this weekend, the Deir Al-Balah plant has performed about 30 percent of the capacity on spare generators.
By undergoing fragility of the tribute, Medicers in Gaza said that four Palestinians were killed on Friday on Friday in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gazi.
Palestinian media reported that four men were collecting firewood needed to cook in the lack of gas under the blockade. The Israeli army announced that it hit several militants who tried to plant a bomb near their forces but did not provide any evidence.
On March 2, Israel blocked all the inventory trucks in Gaza as he escalated independently, and Hamas called on Egyptian and Qatar mediators to intervene.
The United States, Qatar and Egypt are trying to bridge the differences between the Islamic militant group and Israel to restart negotiations for the second phase to release the remaining hostages that took place in Gaza and raised the blockade.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas performed a cross -border attack in southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and capturing 251 hostages, according to the Tallies Israeli.
The Israeli attack on Gaza’s belt has since killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officers, and has reduced most of the territory to ruins.