The release of 40 hostages has been proposed in the ceasefire talks. The announcement by Hamas suggests that more hostages than thought have died.
According to a representative of Hamas, the extremist organization does not have enough hostages to meet the conditions of the prepared prisoner exchange.
An Israeli intelligence source tells the American news channel for CNN Hamas has announced that it has not been able to identify and trace the hostages demanded by Israel.
As part of the proposal for a ceasefire agreement prepared by mediators, Hamas would be required to release 40 hostages. All women, the elderly and the sick are required to be released. There are also five female Israeli soldiers held hostage. The hostages should be released within six weeks.
In exchange, Israel would release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
According to CNN’s sources, Hamas has told intermediaries, among them Egypt and Qatar, that it does not have 40 hostages that meet the criteria.
Israel: About a hundred hostages alive
The announcement by Hamas suggests that a larger number of hostages than expected have died. Also write about the topic The New York Times magazine.
Hamas took about 240 hostages when it attacked Israel on October 7.
Since then, 112 hostages have been released in prisoner exchanges or otherwise.
Israel estimates that about 100 of the Hamas hostages still in Gaza are alive.
The majority of the surviving hostages are believed to be either Israeli army soldiers or men of service age.
Ceasefire negotiations have been stuck for several reasons. An agreement has not been reached, for example, on the permanence of the ceasefire and the return of those who fled from northern Gaza to the region.
In the war between Israel and the extremist organization Hamas, approximately 33,500 people have died in Gaza, the Hamas-affiliated Gaza Ministry of Health announced today.