Gaza talks to focus on releasing all hostages in one go, Netanyahu hints

Middle East correspondent
Jack Guez/AFP via Getty ImagesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Gaza ceasefire efforts are now focused on a comprehensive agreement to release all the remaining hostages at the same time.
The previously pushed plan was to partial release of the first 60 -day ceasefire and living hostages.
Hamas said that a delegation of his leaders was in Cairo for “preliminary talks” with Egyptian officials.
Reports say that mediators see an opportunity window to try to force an agreement in the coming weeks.
After the indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Israel announced a controversial plan to expand the military attack and to conquer the entire Gaza strip, including areas where most of the two million Palestinian residents took refuge.
However, the Israeli media does not expect the new operation to start until October – it devotes time to military preparations, including a mass call of reserves.
Meanwhile, witnesses are Israel Accelerated his attacks on Gaza City He destroyed the houses with intense air strikes last day.
In the early hours of Wednesday, the Al-Shifa Hospital said that seven members of a family, five children, were killed when tents were targeted in Tel Al-Hawa. Al-Ahli Hospital, 10 people were killed in a strike in a house in Zaytoun.
“IDF’s Operational Plan in the Gaza Strip approved the main framework of IDF’s operational plan in the Gaza Strite,” the Israeli military chief LT Gen said pronoun.
In an interview with the I24 Israel TV on Tuesday, Netanyahu was asked whether a partial ceasefire was still possible.
“I think behind us,” he replied. “We tried, we did all kinds of trials, we had a lot of things, but it turned out that they misled us.”
“I want them all, dedi the hostages said. “The release of all the hostages both live and dead – this is our stage.”
Palestinian armed groups still have 50 hostages in the attack led by Hamas, which triggered the war on October 7, 2023. Israel believes that about 20 of them are still alive.
Netanyahu under internal pressure In addition to their release, it is to secure the plans to expand the war.
Last week, anonymous Arab officials, regional mediators, Egypt and Qatar’s war and Israeli troops in exchange for the withdrawal of all the hostages of the release of a new framework for an agreement, he said.
However, it would be difficult to do this in a short time, as Israel demands the control of Hamas’s control of Gaza and its weapons.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelaty said that Cairo has made great efforts to revive the previous -stage plan by Cairo Qatar and the United States.
“The main purpose, with the introduction of some hostages and some Palestinian prisoners, the 60 -day ceasefire – return to the original offer and flow to Gaza without human and medical assistance obstacles or conditions.” He said.
Israeli Prime Minister said Israel’s goals have not changed. He says that the war will only end when all hostages return and Hamas is delivered.
Netanyahu, ultimately Israel on Gaza on the open -ended security control, he said.
Bashar demand/AFP through Getty ImagesHamas has long been calling for a comprehensive agreement to exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. He also wants the Israeli forces to withdraw and end the war.
An independent Palestinian state refuses to disarm unless it is created.
Speaking with I24, Netanyahu reiterated the idea that Palestinians should only leave the region through “voluntary” migration: “They do not go out, they will be allowed to come out.”
“Those who are interested in the Palestinians and say they want to help the Palestinians should open their doors and stop teaching us.”
Palestinians, human rights groups and many in the international community warned that people from Gaza have violated international law.
Many Palestinians, hundreds of thousands of people fled, or in 1948 before and after the state of Israel in the fight against their homes, “Nakba” (disaster) is afraid that they repeat.
Most gazans are the grandchildren of these original refugees and themselves have official refugee status.
UN -backed experts warned the widespread famine in Gaza, where Israel has largely limited the amount of humanitarian aid permitted by Israel.
The UN World Food Program has warned that hunger and malnutrition have been at the highest level in Gaza since the conflict began.
The 2023 attack of Hamas killed about 1,200 people in Israel, and 251 were seized as a hostage to Gaza.
According to the Ministry of Health operated by Hamas, Israel’s attack has killed at least 61,722 Palestinians since then. He says that 235 people, including 106 children, died of hunger and malnutrition.
Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP through Getty Images




