Hamas accused Israel of breaking the agreement on the return of hostages 11/12/2023, 23:31

Hamas’ spokesman in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, said that Israel prevented the return of civilian hostages in the Gaza Strip. He made this statement on air Al Jazeera.

“The final formula for the hostage agreement has now been agreed upon,” Hamdan said.

The number of hostages in Israel is estimated at 240 people; among them are dozens of third-country nationals.

Before that Al Arabiya TV channel WroteIt was stated that Hamas will release many hostages in the coming days.

The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.

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. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.

Previously Prime Minister Netanyahu named Israel’s goals in the war against Hamas.