Salmaries in the Gaza Strip: Is the freedom outside the door?

Salmaries in the Gaza Strip: Is the freedom outside the door?

In a dramatic race against time, Israel and the radical Islamic Hamas struggle for the fate of hostages in the Gaza Strip. On March 1, the first phase of the ceasefire ended by the USA, Egypt and Qatar ended. This ceasefire led to the release of 33 hostages, eight of which were already dead. According to reports from Israel, 58 hostages are still in the hands of Hamas, 34 of which are already dead. In Rekation to the negative attitude of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu towards a Hamas offer to exchange the corporate of four hostages for a living hostage, the urgency of the negotiations in Doha was again felt, as the website vienna.at reported.

negotiations under pressure

While thousands of Israel are demonstrated in the streets and demands the immediate release of all hostages, the US specialist Steve Witkoff sets new impulses in the negotiations. In an updated proposal, he demands the handover of five living hostages and the remains of about nine kidnapped to Gaza. According to the news page Bluewin.ch , Israeli authorities react positively to this proposal, while Qatar and Egypt to the reaction of the Hamas Wait.

should continue to stagnate the situation, Netanyahu plans to gather his advisors to assess the current situation in Doha. Relatives of the hostages express serious concerns about the proposed proposal, since this only provides for the release of a limited number of hostages. They demand an immediate agreement that brings all the hostages still in Gaza at once. At the same time, Israel has stopped all humanitarian aid deliveries in the Gaza Strip to put pressure on Hamas. Hamas, on the other hand, demands security guarantees for future negotiations on the second phase of the original agreement, which, among other things, provides for the withdrawal of the Israeli troops from Gaza.