Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Likud party colleagues that Israel had not received an offer for a 48-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of four hostages, the Prime Minister’s office said on Monday. prime minister.
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Likud faction today that Israel has not received an offer to release the four hostages in exchange for a 48-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. If such a proposal were made, the Prime Minister would accept it immediately.” – says the message.
On Monday, the head of the Israeli foreign intelligence service Mossad David Barnea discussed with mediators in Qatar a new plan to reach an agreement on a settlement in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages, which takes into account both previous proposals and new realities in relation to developments in the region.
Former president of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi He said Cairo had offered a two-day truce in the Gaza Strip for the release of four Israeli hostages in exchange for several Palestinian prisoners.
Negotiations through mediators to resolve the situation in the Gaza Strip have been stalled for several months. Netanyahu’s government and Hamas accused each other of deliberately disrupting the agreements and of not wanting to reach an agreement. Given the recent elimination of the head of the Hamas politburo Yahya Sinwarawhich in Israel was considered the main obstacle to concluding an agreement, many Israeli politicians began to talk about the emergence of a “window of opportunity” for the release of the hostages.
Netanyahu, after Sinwar’s assassination last week, issued a video message offering amnesty to those in Gaza who lay down their arms and free hostages, but the media mentioned that the leaders of the Palestinian movement rejected the Israeli offer. Much will now depend on the position taken by the next Hamas leader in the Palestinian enclave, which has not yet been officially designated.
According to Israeli data, 101 people remain captured by the Palestinian Hamas movement, including those considered dead. Through various operations and humanitarian efforts, 154 people were returned from Hamas captivity, including dead hostages whose bodies were removed from the enclave. The hostages have been held captive for 379 days, including women, children and the elderly.
