Khalil al-Hayi, Politburo member of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas, said that Hamas is ready to release 100 hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Where are 50 of them? This was reported by TASS.
According to him, the Israeli side presented a list with 100 names of hostages. Hamas told mediators that only 50 members of the movement knew where they were and that they needed a ceasefire to find the rest.
Before that, Abu Ubaida, representative of the military wing of the Al-Qassam Brigades of the Palestinian movement Hamas statedIt was stated that the group was ready to release up to 70 Israeli hostages in exchange for a five-day ceasefire.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. As part of the Israeli army’s ground operation on 5 November surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
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