Netanyahu: “There will be no end to the war except with the complete elimination of Hamas”
“There will be no end to the war in Gaza except with the complete elimination of Hamas.” Thus, according to what the Israeli TV Channel 12 reports, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken during today's talks.
Blinken, meeting with Netanyahu in East Jerusalem
Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu had a “long and in-depth” meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in East Jerusalem. This was announced by the Israeli government press office. While the meeting scheduled for today between Blinken and the Israeli chief of staff, General, has been cancelled Herzi Halevy. Halevi attended the meeting between Blinken and Cabinet members. The US State Department had reported that the private meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Israeli Chief of Staff would take place. According to the Israeli press, the reason is the opposition that came directly from the office of Netanyahu.
Hamas proposes a ceasefire plan, but some conditions would be unacceptable to Israel
Many of the requests of the Hamas counterproposal for an agreement are unacceptable from Israel from every point of view. An Israeli source reiterated this to Canale 13, according to whom the question on the table is now whether to reject the requests altogether or undertake negotiations in an attempt to soften them.
In the proposed agreement Hamas asks, in addition to release of 1,500 Palestinian prisoners (of which 500 were sentenced to life imprisonment), also the release of “all Palestinian prisoners in Israel who are younger than 19 years or older than 50 yearsas well as those who are sick”. This was reported by the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, considered close to Hezbollah and Hamas itself.
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According to calculations by the international media, the total would be between 3,000 and 5,000 prisoners. If hostage negotiations fail, Israel “is ready to attack Hamas positions in Rafah“, in the south of the Gaza Strip, on the border with Egypt. The Israeli broadcaster Kan TV said that the message was forwarded from Israel to Qatar.
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