Marco Rubio, a state secretary, later described Mr. Boehler’s meetings as a “one -time” that had yet to give results.
But the latest offer of Hamas was similar to what Mr. Boehler suggested last week in Doha, which included a plan for the jumper of negotiating for the second phase and bringing home the remaining hostages, said the US official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly. This proposal followed the days of the conversation that Mr. Boehler had spent in narrow coordination with Mr. Witkoff, the clerk said.
Up to 24 living hostages and bodies more than 30 others are still in Gaza, according to the Israeli government.
Hamas and other militant groups seized about 250 hostages during October 7, 2023, an attack on southern Israel that lit a war in Gaza. More than 100 returned to Israel after agreeing with Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Israeli soldiers pulled the bodies of dozens of others during the invasion of the ground on Gaza.
In mid -January, Israel and Hamas unscrewed on multi -phase for interruption of fire, during which 30 hostages and remains of eight others were exchanged by more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners during the first six weeks of tribute. Letting others – like Mr. Alexander – delayed until both sides concluded conversations about the vague “second phase”.
Mr. Alexander grew up in Tenafly, him, with his parents born in Israeli. After high school, he moved to Israel to enroll in the army; He was opened from the position where he was stationed during a hamasted attack. Hamas posted a video with hostages where he appeared last year.
The chances that prisoners holding another nationality – like Mr. Alexander – maybe a priority has already encouraged the furious annulment of the relatives of Israel’s hostages holding in Gaza. Many have called for a agreement that suddenly releases all the remaining prisoners.
“If Israel insists that she stop in the middle and leave her citizens behind her – let every Israeli mother know that she has to get her son a foreign passport, or will otherwise be abandoned,” the family advocacy forum, the advocate group, said in a statement.
