Israel rejected the agreement with the Hamas movement, which stipulated the release of hostages according to the “50/50” formula. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth writes about this.
According to the publication, Israel rejects the current agreement with Hamas, demanding that women not be separated from their children. Israeli officials said the Jewish state would be willing to consider the deal if 70 Israeli hostages were released.
Earlier, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh, citing his own sources, said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the US hostage deal with Hamas.
Before 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.