Netanyahu Hints That Gaza Ceasefire Talks Now Focus On The Release Of All Hostages At Once

Jerusalem (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implied that they had cease -fire efforts on Tuesday Gaza Now it focuses on a comprehensive agreement that will release the remaining hostages at once instead of stages.

Arab officials He told Associated Press Last week, the Arabs prepared a new framework for an agreement that includes the release of all the hostages of Egypt and Qatar in exchange for withdrawal of a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Long -term indirect talks it seemed to be destroyed last month. However, Egypt’s Qahera news channel, run by the state, came to Cairo on Tuesday, a sign that the efforts were not abandoned after the 22 -month war.

Israel threatened Expand your military attack Against Gaza areas, which he has not yet controlled against Hamas, and the place where most of the 2 million inhabitants of the region took refuge.

These plans have led to international condemnation and criticism in Israel, and it can aim to put pressure on Hamas to reach the ceasefire. The militants still have 50 hostages on October 7, 2023 and the attack that triggered the war. Israel believes that about 20 of them are alive.

In an interview with Israel’s I24 news network broadcast on Tuesday, Netanyahu was asked whether the window was closed at a partial ceasefire agreement. Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelaty told journalists that Cairo is still trying to move forward A Previous Offer For the first 60 -day ceasefire, the release of some hostages and the flow of humanitarian aid before discussing a permanent ceasefire.

“I think behind us, Net Netanyahu replied. “We tried, we did all kinds of experiment, we’ve experienced a lot, but it turned out that they misled us.”

Orum I want it all, ”he said. “The release of all the hostages that are both alive and dead – this is our scene.”

However, Israel’s demands have not changed and the war will only end when all the hostages return and Hamas was delivered. Even then, Israel said he would continue open -ended security control over the region.

Hamas has long called for a comprehensive agreement, but he says that he will release the remaining hostages only for the release of the Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, a permanent ceasefire and Israel to withdraw from Gaza. The militant group refused to leave his arms as Israel requested.

The United Nations warned that hunger and malnutrition in Gaza on Tuesday have been at the highest level since the war began.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric reported the warning from the World Food Program and said that the Gaza Ministry of Health died of malnutrition and starvation in the last 24 hours to the UN personnel in Gaza.

The Ministry said that 121 adults and 101 children died for reasons for malnutrition during the war.

“Against this ground, humanitarian materials entering Gaza against this ground, people are far below the minimum required to meet the tremendous needs of people,” he said.

The UN and human partners do everything possible to bring aid to Gaza, but still face significant delays and obstacles from Israeli officials who prevent the delivery of food and other basic features on the necessary scale.

The militants led by Hamas kidnapped 251 people and killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians in the 2023 attack. Most hostages were published in hot or other opportunities.

Israel’s air and land attack since then Most of the Gaza population displaced– WIDE AREAS OF DOLES And pushed the region towards famine. According to the Ministry of Health of Gaza, he killed more than 61,400 Palestinians who did not say how many people were warriors or civilians, but half of them were women and children.

The Ministry is a part of the government operated by Hamas and is working by medical experts. UN and independent experts see this as the most reliable source for war losses. Israel objected to the figures, but did not give it on its own.

In a separate development, the Israeli Army said that the Israeli army had recently hit a group of militants using a carld Central Kitchen logo, an international charity Kitchen logo, an international charity organization.

The army said that they were not associated with the charity and confirmed that the car did not belong to him.

World Central Kitchen confirmed that men and the vehicle were not connected to it. Uz We strongly condemn everyone posing as world -central cuisine or other humanitarian auxiliaries because they endanger these civilians and help workers, ”he said.

Soldier, a few men in the yellow vests, the mother -of -pearl logo on the roof of a vehicle standing around the video images shared. The army said five men were armed.

Founded in 2010, the charity institution sends teams in the conflict zones that can provide quick food to the mass scale after natural disasters.

In April, A Israeli strike killed seven world center cuisine Gaza workers. Israel quickly admitted that he accidentally killed aid workers and launched an investigation.

In November, A Israeli strike killed five people, The world, which Israel says it is part of the Hamas attack that triggers the war, including a central culinary worker. The philanthropy said that the employee did not realize that the employee had any connection with the attack.

Associated Press reporters Samy Magdy and Fault Abuelgasim in Cairo and Edith M. Lederer contributed to New York.

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