The Israeli government has not received a concrete offer from the Palestinian Hamas movement to release the hostages. In an interview with the TV channel on this subject NBC News said Isaac Herzog, President of the Jewish State.
He therefore denied reports from a number of media outlets that Israeli officials and Hamas may be close to reaching an agreement. Herzog also emphasized that such optimistic assumptions come from third-party statements.
“Hamas has no real proposals that would be valid on this issue,” the president said.
He added that there are currently thousands of officials in Israel working on the hostage issue. We are talking about both representatives of the military and employees of various ministries who are taking measures to return people to their homes as quickly as possible.
Herzog also noted the American government’s growing concern about the actions of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Gaza Strip. According to the head of state, Israeli officials and the United States have no disagreements about initiating a humanitarian pause in the Palestinian region.
IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari in late October reportedIt was stated that 240 people were held hostage by the Palestinian Hamas movement. The people were captured on October 7 when Hamas members entered Israeli territory.
Formerly at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said about the hostages’ attempts to escape from captivity of the Palestinian Hamas movement.