He Hamas Group confirmed Friday that he accepted a proposal presented by the mediators to resume negotiations on the high fire in the Gaza Strip. In addition, he informed that he will release a Israelí-American hostage and will deliver the bodies of four others kidnapped during attacks of the October 7, 2023.
The group explained that the proposal was delivered on Thursday and pointed out that “The movement responded in a responsible and positive way”manifesting its “total preparation to initiate negotiations and exhaustive on the affairs of the second phase. “
Hamas He indicated that his answer, delivered to the mediators early this Friday, includes “his agreement to free the Israeli soldier Edan Alexander And the bodies of four other people with dual nationality, ”at the same time that he has demanded from Israel to“ fully comply with his obligations ”with respect to the high -fire agreement, according to the Palestinian newspaper” Filaastin “.
The truce between Hamas and Israel
The first phase of the truce between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip concluded the March 1without achieving an agreement on the following stages. A high position of Hamas had declared on Tuesday that a new round of conversations had begun in Dohathe capital of Qatar. Israel He had also sent a team of negotiators.
“Yesterday, a delegation of Hamas leaders received a proposal from the Brothers Mediators to resume negotiations,” The Islamist movement indicated in a statement.
In his response, Hamas reiterated his willingness to free the Israeli soldier Edan AlexanderAmerican citizen, and to deliver the remains of four other people with dual nationality.
During the initial phase of Six weeks of the high fireHamas militants had released 33 hostageseight of them already deceased, in exchange for some 1,800 Palestinian detainees that were in Israeli prisons.
The Palestinian Group has not immediately specified the release date of the soldier Edan Alexander nor of the bodies of the other four hostages, and the countries involved in the agreement have not officially confirmed the declaration of Hamas.
This announcement occurred in the midst of conversations in Doha To try to negotiate the next phase of the high fire between Israel and Hamas, whose first phase concluded two weeks ago.
In a separate statement, a spokesman for Hamas, Husam Badranreaffirmed the group’s commitment to the total implementation of the high fire agreement in all its phases. However, he warned that any deviation from Israel of the agreed terms I would return the negotiations to the starting point.
Israel is pressing so that Hamas accepts an extension of the first phase of the high fire, while the Islamic group insists on Start negotiations on the second phasewhich is expected more complex and would include the release of hostages still in Gaza, the withdrawal of the Israeli forces of the Palestinian enclave and, finally, the achievement of a lasting peace.
Israel suspended the electricity supply to Gaza
Israel intensified its efforts to press the Hamas terrorist group Cut your electricity supply to the Gaza Strip.
This measure, announced by the Minister of Energy, Eli Cohen, occurs in the midst of the attempts of the Israeli government of obtaining the Liberation of Israeli hostages still captive since the attack of October 7, 2023.
The decision to interrupt electricity into the Palestinian enclave has significant implications, since the region depends on energy for various essential infrastructure, such as desalination plants that provide drinking water. This measure adds to the Interruption of goods supplies to Gaza, which Israel implemented last week in an attempt to pressure Hamas in the context of negotiations to extend the high to fire.
Source: Ambito
