Progress in the hostage-taking drama: Netanyahu speaks of hope!

Progress in the hostage-taking drama: Netanyahu speaks of hope!

Gaza, Palästinensische Gebiete - Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, announced significant progress in the negotiations regarding the release of hostages that are recorded in the Gaza Strip. "We take significant measures across all channels to get our loved ones back," said Netanyahu in the Israeli parliament. He indicated that the negotiations made serious progress, but without giving details about the measures. According to Jewish general , however, the duration of the negotiations could be uncertain. Currently, 96 of the hostages originally kidnapped by Hamas are still captured in the Gaza Strip, whereby a significant part has probably already died.

progress and military pressure

Netanyahu emphasized that the progress, among other things, was caused by the death of Hamas boss Jihia al-Sinwar and Intense military measures against the militant-extremist Hezbollah. This organization had fired missiles from Lebanon to Israel, with Israel in turn extinguishing "unyond -inamental military pressure" on the Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The international brokers from Egypt, Qatar and the USA are still active to achieve an ceasefire and a hostage liberation, as reported by Today.at . In this context, hostage families were skeptical about the efforts of the government and accused Netanyahu of deliberately drawing the talks on the rest of the weapons in order not to annoy their right -wing extremist coalition partners.

At the same time, the Knesset decided to extend the state of emergency by another year until December 25, 2025. This measure enables the government to adopt emergency regulations to react to the ongoing security situation. Out of 120 MPs, 29 voted for the proposal, while the rest were either absent or abstained.