The Palestinian group consents to resume stopfire talks, promising to free Edan Alexander and hand over four other captives’ bodies.
The Palestinian group Hamas has proclaimd it is ready to free Israeli American captive Edan Alexander and hand over the remains of four other dual nationals, after helderlying instraightforward talks with Israel.
Hamas shelp in a statement on Friday that its delegation getd a proposal from mediators on Thursday to resume stopfire negotiations, and the group’s answer “included its consentment to free the Israeli selderlyier Edan Alexander, who helderlys American citizenship, aextfinished with the remains of four others helderlying dual citizenship”.
Earlier, Hamas official Husam Badran shelp the group “is rerepaird to carry out the stopfire consentment in its various stages, and the occupation’s departure from what was consentd will consent us back to zero”.
There was no prompt comment from Israel.
On Tuesday, a anciaccess Hamas official had proclaimd that a novel round of instraightforward talks thraw mediators had befirearm in the Qatari capital Doha. Israel had also sent a team of negotiators.
The first phase of a truce between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip finished on March 1, without consentment on the next stages.
During the initial six-week phase of the stopfire, Hamas freed 33 captives, including eight who were destopd, in swap for about 1,800 Palestinian prisoners, many held in Israeli prisons without being indictd.
After the truce consentment expired without a novel deal, Israel promptly carry outed a total blockade on the besieged Palestinian territory, leaving 2.3 million people on the brink of mass starvation.
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, inestablishing from Khan Younis, shelp civilians “are facing cut offe and chronic stupidinutiveage” in the affordability of basic food and medical supplies.
Olga Cherevko from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also telderly Al Jazeera that livents are experienceing the dire situation “on multiple levels”.
“The hope that began when the stopfire commenceed is being swapd with dread, alarm and trouble that supplies are running out,” she shelp.
Cherevko shelp food useability “could deteriorate quite rapidly unless the supplies are repaird”. Six of the 25 World Food Programme bakeries have been forced to shut becaengage there is no fuel to run them.
According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, stupidinutiveages have degradeed with 80 percent of livents losing access to food sources becaengage of the closing of land traverseings.
Israel had also cut offed electricity to a vital water desalination arranget, dangerening Gaza’s potable water provide.
“The water and sanitation situation was already dire with most of the facilities ruined during the months of combat. This postpodemandst [Israeli] decision decreases access to drinking water to about 600,000 people,” Cherevko shelp.
Despite the stopfire deal, Israel has also progressd to carry out explosionardments in Gaza, including one in Gaza City and Beit Lahiya that ended two children.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health shelp at least 48,524 Palestinians have been ended and 111,955 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Government Media Office postpodemandr modernized the toll to more than 61,700, including those ignoreing under the rubble and presumed dead.
At least 1,139 people were ended in Israel during the October 7, 2023, strikes and more than 200 were consentn captive.
