US officials are trying to ensure the release of hostages captured as a result of Hamas’ attack on Israel. he is writing CNN. According to the channel, the American side’s efforts are complicated by the expansion of the Jewish state’s operation in the Gaza Strip, where militants are holding people.
“On Monday, a senior US official told CNN that they believe the odds of the hostages being released could be described as ’50/50.’ Efforts to negotiate with Hamas, mediated by Qatar, are proceeding, in no small part, slowly. In Doha In Hamas, it just takes a long time,” the material says.
As CNN stated, the USA is in dialogue with Egypt, as well as Qatar, on this issue. The channel’s sources emphasize that the negotiation process with Hamas consists of discussing the hostage exchange with representatives of the movement captured by Israel.
The source added that the talks also included the demand that Hamas open the gates of Rafah. [города на границе с Египтом] “So that citizens with dual citizenship can leave Gaza,” the text states.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. Against this background, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords”; One of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. The Israeli Air Force launched an attack on hundreds of militant targets in the Gaza Strip, and the country’s National Security Council decided to cut off water, food, goods, electricity and fuel supplies to the region. Israel announced to the UN on October 13 that 1.1 million Palestinians would be evacuated to southern Gaza ahead of the ground operation.
previously Palestine accused Israel directly bombed hospitals in Gaza.