Netanyahu’s withdrawal from Hamas by agreeing to release 800 Palestinians.
According to The Times of Israel, Israeli officials do not rule out the possibility of reaching an agreement for the release of Gaza prisoners, as reports indicate that Netanyahu’s cabinet has backed away from its previous positions and now wants to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners more than the announced figures. in the early stages of the agreement with the Palestinians.
Israeli and American sources involved in the Qatar negotiations told The Times of Israel: “Right now, we consider the chance of an agreement to be 50/50.”
According to a report published by Hebrew Channel 12, Tel Aviv is now willing to release 800 Palestinian prisoners, including 100 prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Israeli elements. Other Hebrew media reports indicate that Tel Aviv is ready to release 700 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for 40 people captured in Gaza.
The framework of the agreement that Tel Aviv agreed to in Paris last month included the release of 400 Palestinian security prisoners in the first phase, which Hamas rejected, and Hamas demanded the release of more Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of 40 prisoners in Gaza.
According to the Al Jazeera report, Hamas previously demanded the release of 30 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for the release of each Zionist prisoner in Gaza, and now it is not clear whether Hamas will agree to Tel Aviv’s proposal to release 700 to 800 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 40 Zionist prisoners. No? The Qatar-based TV channel also reported that Tel Aviv is insisting on deporting freed Palestinian security prisoners to places outside the West Bank and Gaza, a condition that Hamas has repeatedly rejected in the past, and it is unclear whether this will happen. Will the agreement be reached or not?
Meanwhile, the crimes of the Zionists in Gaza continue and local Palestinian sources announced that 11 people were killed and several others were injured as a result of the bombardment of the houses of the al-Kurdi and Issa families in the east of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip by Israeli fighters.
27 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured in the attacks of the Zionist regime army on the city of Rafah in the last 24 hours.
On the other hand, one of the leaders of Hamas, in a conversation with Al Jazeera, emphasized that the claims made in the Israeli media about the concessions and middle solutions offered to Hamas are absurd and baseless propaganda.
He stated that the purpose of the propaganda and claims of the Zionist enemy is to cover up the stubbornness of this regime and to forget the responsibility of obstructing the path of agreement in front of the families of Israeli prisoners.
This Hamas leader stated that we have explained our position and we will not retreat from it, and despite the continuation of the war, crimes and siege, there will be no exchange of prisoners.
Yesterday, the Qassam battalions announced that they targeted a Merkava tank and a military bulldozer of the Zionist regime in the northeast of Beit Hanoun in the north of the Gaza Strip with a Yasin 105 anti-armor rocket.
Also, the Washington Post announced that several American civil servants have said that they intend to resign in protest of the government’s stance on the war in Gaza.
It should be mentioned that some time ago “Ishaq Yosef”, the chief rabbi of the Eastern Jews (Sephardim) threatened that if the Haredim were forced to go to military service, they would leave the occupied lands.
Also, the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip announced the increase in the number of martyrs of the aggression of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip from October 7, 2023 until now to 32 thousand 226 people.