Hamas approved Israeli list of hostages for possible exchange

Hamas approved Israeli list of hostages for possible exchange

Hamas has approved a list of 34 hostages that are to be replaced as part of a possible ceasefire. The Israeli government rejected the assertion of receiving such a list of Hamas, but did not react directly to the content of the report.

negotiations on hostage exchange

The news agency Reuters reported on Sunday, referring to an anonymous Hamas official that the release of the hostages of an agreement on the withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip and a permanent ceasefire was bound. Israel and Hamas continue to negotiate the number and identity of the Palestinian prisoners who are to be released in return for the hostages.

doubts about the list

The report by Reuters indicated that the list of Israel was presented. However, the Israeli Prime Minister's office expressed doubts about the information. It was emphasized in an explanation: "Contrary to the claims, Hamas has not yet provided a list of hostages."

Current developments

It remains unclear which hostages are on the list reported by Reuters and whether they still live. In the past few weeks, Israel CNN has told that they have not yet received a full list of living hostages from the militant group. This is done just a few days after the indirect negotiations for an exchange of hostages for an armistice have been resumed in Doha, which have so far showed only a few progress, as Israeli and Egyptian officials reported.

international reactions

Brett McGurk, a advisor to the White House for the Middle East, is one of the official representatives in the Qatarian capital. An Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, will also travel to Washington this week and will have talks with officials from the bid administration and representatives of the Trump transition, according to a source from Israel.

Hamas increases the pressure

On Saturday Hamas put pressure on Israel and published a video of 19-year-old Geisel Liri Albag. The von Albag family asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take the opportunity for an armistice and described the recordings as heartbreaking.

hostage in Gaza

On December 5, Hamas still held 100 hostages in the Gaza Strip, most of them were kidnapped during the crossing of the militants on October 7, 2023, in which more than 1,200 Israelis were killed and 250 people were taken hostage, as Israeli authorities reported. According to the office of the Israeli Prime Minister.

continued attacks

While the negotiations are continued in Doha, the Israeli attacks on Gaza continue on Sunday. Israelis carried out air strikes to a residential building in the north of Gazas, in which 12 members of the same family were killed, while others are locked under the ruins, according to the Gazas civil protection authority.

survivors are looking for help

Four air raids aimed at the house of the Zuhd family in the Sheikh Radwan district, north of Gaza City. CNN footage of the aftermath of the attack shows people who are desperately looking for survivors. Ammar Zuhd reported that a child was pulled out of the rubble alive while 11 other people are missing.

health crisis in Gaza

The Gazas health authority reported on Sunday that 88 people were killed within the last 24 hours, which increases the cumulative number of death in Israel's war against Hamas to at least 45,805. More than 109,000 people have been injured in military operations since October 2023.

This story continues to develop and will be updated.