Fear over Israel-Hamas ceasefire as Hamas says hostage release delayed, Trump suggests new terms
Israeli families are still in Gaza, and Hamas panicked on Monday night blocking traffic in Tel Aviv, which would delay the next scheduled hostage release under a fragile ceasefire agreement that came into effect on January 19.
After the president, concerns over the persistence of the ceasefire and hostage release agreement and the rapid spread of the hostage release agreement Trump suggests that transaction terms should be changed Following Hamas’ threat, Israel’s defense minister said he was preparing troops in Gaza to return to combat.
A subtle pause in the battle negotiated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt has had five exchanges so far between Israel and Hamas, and it is expected that the release of 33 Israeli hostages will be expected in the first six-week phase of the agreement. Half of it, now back. Home. More than 700 Palestinian prisoners were released in Israeli prisons in exchange.
Under the terms of the agreement, a total of 33 hostages will be held in the first phase of the first six weeks in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. But the families of the remaining 76 hostages, some of whom have died, were killed in the developments on Monday, and later received some devastating news.
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The Israel Defense Forces announced Tuesday that the remaining oldest prisoners, Shlomo Mantzur, 86, was murdered in prison. He was a survivor of the 1941 massacre in Iraq, where hundreds of people died in anti-Semitic riots.
On February 8, the hostages of three Israeli men in Hamas were released, as the tone changed.
Israelis suffered after seeing the aging country in which men live, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement: “Due to the serious condition of these three hostages and repeated Hamas terrorist groups Violation, the leader is “instructed not to allow this situation to be resolved and appropriate measures are taken.”
Netanyahu’s office showed no signs over the weekend what the measures might be, but on Sunday, the IDF said in a statement that the troops “operated towards long-distance suspects who pose a threat to them in different parts of the Gaza Strip.” , including warnings to the “suspicious ships” seen at sea and saw a suspect approaching the troops in the south of the enclave.
Meanwhile, the men were released on Saturday, bringing welcome news and more painful information. According to his mother, the family of hostage Alon Ohel learned that he was still alive, but he was hungry, had no treatment wounds and was tied to a chain.
“Thank you and your staff for their efforts to take the hostages,” Idit Ohel told Mr. Trump on Monday. “Today is Alon’s 24th birthday. I asked with all my heart You, do everything you can to ensure that the deal continues.”
The ceasefire agreement also saw Israel allow thousands of displaced civilians to return to the remaining houses north of Gaza. But now many people worry that the breathing may be short-lived.
“People have started stocking up supplies,” said Mohammad Yusuf, who lives in the severely scarred Gaza city of Khan Younis. “People are afraid of any statements from both sides.”
This fear is not only in Gaza, but also in another larger Palestinian territory, the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The residents there are already Operation Israel To eradicate Hamas, military and police launched a few days after the ceasefire took effect in Gaza. Violence Israeli settlers against Palestinians It is also rising on the territory.
Residents told CBS News this week that they are worried about the president Trump’s controversial plan to resettle All residents of Gaza in other countries are just beginning.
Even before Mr. Trump began his second term, his election victory had sparked discussions in Israel The complete annexation of the West Bank As Israeli territory.
“We won’t leave our country,” insisted Maha Fathi Taleb, a resident of the West Bank. “We won’t. Even if they shoot us. Let Trump do what he wants to do everything.”
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