The horizon of the 59 Israeli hostages that are still in the hands of Hamas: “The bombings will bury them”

The fragility of the high fire agreed between Hamas and Israel, with the mediation of Qatar and Egypt as well as the approval of the United States on January 19, has been exposed on Tuesday with the massive air attacks on the strip carried out by the Israeli army. There are at least 400 dead, most of them children and women, and 560 injured, although the figures could increase. The FDI (Israel Defense Forces) have reported that the offensive has been aimed at 80 objectives and has lasted less than 10 minutes, in addition to have not lashed out against the areas where they suspect that the hostages are found.

Israel has justified the rupture of the high fire in which Hamas did not want to release the 59 hostages that they are still in Gazati territory after having completed the first stage in which several points had been agreed: the freedom of 25 lively Israeli hostages and eight o’ In some areas of Gaza. Some Israeli media pointed out that the army had found an “increased activity” of the jihadist group to regroup its forces in recent days. Extreme that Hamas has denied by calling these accusations of “unfounded” and emphasizing that they are “A pretext clarifies” to restart war.

The political atmosphere in Israel has been fueled in recent days after announcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his intention to cease the head of the Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, for the loss of confidence, a statements that have led the opposition to present a joint request before the Supreme Court to invalidates this decision, which can be even unconstitutional.

Both Hamas and Israel continue to cling to the release of hostages. The captives that He came to capture Hamas between living and dead are 252. Of this figure, 147 have been delivered, of which eight were deceased. The jihadist group still has 59 hostages, Israel estimates that 35 are dead and 24 alive, of these there are 13 that are soldiers. Some of the names that have resonated the most for their release – before the end of the high fire – have been that of the soldier with dual American and Israeli nationality, Edan Alexander, the deceased hostages Judy Weinstein Haggai, Omer Neutra, Itay Chen or Gadi Hagga.

Edan Alexander

The soldier Edan is the trick with which Hamas plays due to his dual American and Israeli nationality. Alexander was born in Tel Aviv, but grew up in the United States. After finishing high school in 2022, he joined the FDI, specifically the 51st Battalion of the Golani Brigade. On October 7 he was located near the border with Gaza when he was captured.

Judith Weinstein Haggai

She was kidnapped when she was with her husband at the Kibutz Nir Oz. It has dual American and Israeli nationality. He was the mother of four children and grandmother of seven.

Gadi Weinstein

She was Judy Weinstein’s husband, also murdered by Hamas. The two were kidnapped from Kibutz Nir Oz, although they had American and Canadian citizenship too.

Omer neutra

Omer grew up in a Jewish community in the United States and before going to university he decided to take a sabbatical year in Israel, where he enlisted in the IDF. During the attack he was in the tank unit that was on the border of Gaza as commander.

Itai Chen

Chen was part of the 75th Battalion of Assault, he was 19, he was killed on October 7 and his body was rescued from Gaza in March.

Israel had been asking Hamas the release of the rest of the hostages since the first stage of Alto El Fuego ended three weeks ago. Much of the relatives of the hostages have considered that The end of the agreement has meant the “sacrifice” of the captives and that “the bombings will bury them in Gaza.”

“The families of the hostages demand a meeting]with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and the head of the Negotiating Team to clarify how they can guarantee that the hostages are not affected by military pressure and how they plan to get them home,” they said in a statement this morning. «Why don’t they fight in the negotiation room? Why have they retracted an agreement that could have returned peace to all? Noa Argamani, one of the faces of the hostages, has called on their social networks to free the other compatriots, including her boyfriend Avinatan Or.