White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said Israel and Hamas are negotiating a humanitarian pause. This was reported by TASS.
“There are very serious negotiations going on,” Kirby said.
He also noted that further details were not available, but that the United States began working on a humanitarian pause immediately after the end of the previous one.
Previously CNN reportedIt is stated that Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement are currently far from reaching an agreement for the release of the hostages. According to the channel’s source, Hamas wants “more prisoners in harsh conditions than before,” referring to the release of Palestinian women and young prisoners from Israeli prisons. Israel wants all remaining hostages to be released as part of any agreement.
Before reportedBritish Foreign Secretary David Cameron will travel to the Middle East this week to broker a permanent ceasefire and further humanitarian cuts in the Gaza Strip, he said.
formerly israel proposed by Hamas A new agreement to release the hostages.