2024-05-08 22:59:08
The Islamist movement Hamas assured yesterday that he is examining the truce proposal with a “positive spirit” with Israelstill in uncertainty, presented last week, after almost seven months of a war.
He palestinian islamist movement must give a response to a plan that provides for a 40-day truce and an exchange of hostages captured on October 7 in Israeli territory for Palestinians imprisoned in Israel.
This truce, mediated by Qatar, Egypt y USA, It would be the first since the one at the end of November that allowed 80 hostages held in Gaza to be exchanged for 240 Palestinian prisoners.
Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas leader, previously indicated that the group’s stance was “negative” but that it was continuing negotiations. Another leader of the group, Suhail al Hindi, emphasized that the ceasefire should be permanent.
The war was triggered on October 7 by the incursion of Islamist commandos that killed 1,170 people, in their majority civilians, and they kidnapped 250 in southern Israel, according to a balance based on Israeli data.
The offensive launched by Israel in response to the October 7 attack has so far totaled 34,596 deaths, mostly civilians, according to the Ministry of Health of the Hamas Government in Gaza.
At least 28 people were killed in the last 24 hours in Israeli bombings, according to the same source.
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