2023-11-08 22:31:57
The Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, reiterated this Wednesday his refusal to accept a Stop the fire in the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip until the Islamist group releases the hostages it captured in Israel. “There will be no ceasefire without the release of our hostages“wrote the Israeli president in a brief message on the social network X.
“I want to put aside all kinds of vain rumors that are heard from everywhere and repeat one clear thing: there will be no ceasefire without the release of our hostages,” stressed the Israeli president in a meeting with Jewish settlers settled in the occupied West Bank. which was broadcast by local media. Egypt and Qatar are mediating between the Islamist group Hamas and Israel to achieve a ceasefire of between one and three days in exchange for the release of between ten and 15 hostages, half of them Americans, two sources familiar with the status of the talks reported this Wednesday. In total, Hamas kidnapped 240 personas, according to Israeli data.
According to a Palestinian diplomatic source who requested anonymity, there are disagreements over the term of the possible truce, since Hamas demands that it be at least a week, while Israel insists that it last only three days. On Tuesday, one month into the war between Israel and Hamas, Netanyahu said: “We do not intend to stop, we intend to continue until the end.” The attack by the Islamist group caused more than 1.400 muertos and some 240 hostages, while the Israeli response in the Gaza Strip has caused more than 10.500 muertos26,400 injured and 2,550 missing, most of them civilians.
These statements come amid increasing international pressure for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where more than 1.5 million Palestinians have been displaced amid collapsing hospitals and shortages of drinking water. food, medicine, electricity and fuel. This Wednesday alone, around 50,000 Gazans reportedly left the north of the Strip through a humanitarian corridor enabled by the Israeli Army, according to a statement from the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
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The US communicates with Hamas
In this context, the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, John Kirbyassured this Wednesday that the United States Government has a mechanism to communicate with Hamas and is using it with the aim of achieving the release of the American hostages.
We have a way to communicate with Hamas, we are using it,” Kirby said at a press conference, who clarified that it is not a “direct communication” with Hamas, but through “allies” who have helped Washington.
He explained that this communication with the Islamist group aims to achieve the release of the hostages with American nationality that they have in their hands and assured that Washington has an idea of how many there are, but defended not offering more details to protect your privacy.
Likewise, the spokesperson reiterated that the United States supports the so-called “humanitarian pauses” to the Israeli offensive in Gaza to achieve specific objectives, such as the release of Americans and other hostages.
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