A senior Hamas authorities informed CNN on Sunday that the group wants to launch in between 7 to 9 Israeli captives in exchange for a two-month ceasefire in Gaza and the release of 300 Palestinian detainees. The proposed offer would likewise need the Israel Defense Forces to withdraw to the eastern edges of the Gaza Strip, past the Salah al-Din Passage.
It stays uncertain whether this deal has actually been officially provided in the continuous settlements in Qatar, where talks in between Israel and Hamas, moderated by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, have actually stalled consistently in current weeks.
The report comes in the middle of mounting worldwide pressure to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which has actually dealt with a near-total blockade for more than 2 and a half months. In an interview with ABC’s “Today,” United States unique envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff stated Israel had actually “suggested” that it would start permitting humanitarian help into the enclave quickly.
” There are going to be mobile kitchen areas that are going to be sent out in. We have trucks with flour waiting at the border,” Witkoff stated. “The problem now is how do we logistically get all of those trucks into Gaza? How do we establish the help stations?”
Witkoff stressed that the United States is working “carefully” with Israel on help logistics and asserted that “there is no daytime” in between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the problem. “We do not wish to see a humanitarian crisis, and we will not permit it to happen on President Trump’s watch,” he stated.