In an unexpected turn in high fire negotiations, Hamas announced his willingness to free all hostages that still remain captive in the Gaza Strip as part of the second phase of the current truce with Israel.
He advertisement It occurs while both parties complete the first phase of the agreement, which entered into force on January 19 and has already resulted in the release of 19 Israeli hostages in exchange for more than 1 100 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
Taher al Nunu, a high picture of Hamas, told the French agency AFP that they have informed the mediators of their willingness to free all hostages at once during the second phase of the agreement, instead of doing so in stages as in The first phase.
The leadership of Hamas, however, has not specified how many hostages kidnapped during the attack of October 7, 2023 are still captive in Gaza, either in the hands of this or other Palestinian groups.
Nunu emphasized that the announced measure aims to confirm the “seriousness and total disposition” of Hamas to advance the resolution of the hostages, consolidate the high to the fire and achieve a sustainable truce.
Israel and Hamas are currently completing the first phase of high to fire, which entered into force on January 19, during which 19 Israeli hostages have been released in exchange for more than 1 100 Palestinian prisoners arrested in Israeli prisons.
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Delivery of deceased hostages
In a separate agreement, Hamas announced that he will deliver the bodies of eight hostages, some this week and others the following.
On Tuesday it was confirmed that among the remains that will be delivered are those of Shiri Bibas, a woman of Argentine origin, and her two children, Ariel, 4 years old, and Kfir, a 9 -month -old baby when they were kidnapped in Israel.
Together with those corpses, the 84 -year -old Oded Lifshitz, who, like the Argentine family, died from the Israeli bombings on the strip, who in fifteen months killed at least 48l 297 people, according to data, according to data, according to data, according to data, according to data, according to data, according to data of the Gazatí Ministry of Health, which the UN considers reliable.
During the attack by Hamas to Israel on October 7, 2023, which caused 1 211 deaths, according to various Israeli sources, a total of 251 people were kidnapped by the Palestinians.
Seventy are still retained in Gaza. Of them at least 34 died, according to the Israeli army.
Ongoing negotiations
Conversations about the continuation of the implementation of the agreement will begin this week in the Catarí capital, according to Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.
The terms of the second phase, which must assume the definitive end of war and the liberation of all hostages, must be concluded before March 2.
The third and last stage will focus mainly on the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appointed Ron Dermer, a close confidant of the conservative leader, to lead the negotiations of the second stage of the high to fire with Hamas.
Born in the United States, Demer is a broadly considered cabinet minister the closest advisor to Netanyahu. Previously, he served as an ambassador to the United States and is a republican exactivist with strong ties with the White House of President Donald Trump.
Israel and Hamas have not yet negotiated the second phase of Alto El Fuego. The first ends in early March.
International reactions
In the midst of the crisis, the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed Bin Zayed, joined the voices of rejection of the forced displacement of the population of the Gaza Strip and defended the reconstruction of the destroyed Palestinian enclave.
During a meeting with the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Bin Zayed stressed the importance of linking Gaza’s reconstruction to a path that leads to an “integral and lasting peace” based on the solution of two states.
For its part, Spain definitely opposes President Trump’s proposal, to displace the residents of the Gaza Strip to other countries, said the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, during a joint press conference with the Egyptian President, Abdelfatah al Sisi, who is visiting Madrid.
Sanchez evaluated that the expulsion of the Palestinians would be “immoral” and contrary to international law, and also will have a destabilizing effect for the region and throughout the world.
The socialist leader reported that he will support the Gaza Reconstruction Plan that will be discussed at the Summit of the Arab League in Cairo on March 4.
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Of just 362 square kilometers, the Gaza Strip is in a virtually uninhabitable state, according to UN evaluations.
More than 80 % of its housing fund and infrastructure are in ruins and it is estimated that more than 50 billion dollars will be needed for reconstruction, which could take up to more than a decade.
Meanwhile, this Saturday the World Health Organization (WHO) will launch another campaign for vaccination against polio in the Gaza Strip, announced the entity director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The Eritrean doctor pointed to the X network that the campaign aims to vaccinate more than 591 thousand children under 10 years.
The initiative takes place after the recent detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples, indicating circulation, in addition to a first case of the disease in 25 years: a 10 -month -old boy, who is now paralyzed in one leg.
