According to an insider, mediators from Qatar are trying to arrange the release of fifty hostages. In return, there should be a three-day ceasefire. If the deal, which is being coordinated with the United States, goes through, it would be the highest number of hostages released since the kidnapping in the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.
According to the insider, the agreement also stipulates that some Palestinian women and children will be released from Israeli prisons. The Israeli government would also allow more humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Hamas would have already agreed. The Israeli government has not yet done so and continues to negotiate the details.
According to Israeli information, the terrorist organization kidnapped approximately 240 hostages during its attack. So far, she is known to have released two women twice. The Qatari government is leading negotiations between Hamas and the Israeli government over the release of the hostages. To do this, she communicates directly with both parties.
Extended release not planned
A broader release of Hamas hostages is not currently being discussed, the insider said. The Israeli side said it did not want to undermine diplomacy, so there was no explanation. The country’s government is refusing and delaying the release of 50 Palestinian women and children, said Essat El Rashk, a member of Hamas’s political leadership. This includes aid and relief deliveries to all areas in the Gaza Strip.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said on Monday it had offered Qatari negotiators the release of up to 70 women and children in exchange for a five-day ceasefire.
The wealthy Gulf state of Qatar has previously helped broker a ceasefire between Hamas and the Israeli government. The capital Doha is home to a Hamas political office.
Source: Krone
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