American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh, citing his sources, reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the hostage agreement made by the United States with the Palestinian Hamas movement. He wrote this on his blog on the platform bottom stack.
As the journalist stated, Washington’s request envisaged the release of 71 hostages. According to him, an agreement was reached on this issue, but Hamas also insisted that the war be stopped for five days. Hersh said the Israeli prime minister “immediately rejected” that option.
previous day reportedHe said Israel and Hamas may soon exchange prisoners using the “50-50” formula.
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.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promised to destroy It is Hamas.