Families cry out for deal as Hamas rejects Israel's hostage proposal • IDF strikes over 40 Hamas targets in Gaza
Gantz: 'Israel must remove prospect of Iranian nuclear capabilities' • Hamas: Consultations regarding response to Israeli proposal 'nearing completion'
Hamas kidnapped American-Israeli Edan Alexander on October 7, 2023 and has been held in Gaza since.
UNICEF closed 21 treatment centers in Gaza due to Israeli military operations and evacuation orders. The ongoing blockade has prevented aid from entering Gaza, affecting over one million children.
"We have decided not to move these captives from those areas and to keep them under strict security measures - but their lives are in extreme danger."
Though the answer to the conundrum is far from clear, knowledge of Doha’s and Cairo’s modus operandi and ideological and political drive is essential to understanding the situation.
Israel said on March 29 it conveyed to the mediators a counter-proposal in full coordination with the US, after Hamas agreed to a proposal from Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
A Palestinian group urged a mass “march of anger” to protest against what it described as years of oppression and misrule by Hamas.
This comes after the IDF returned to fighting in Gaza at the beginning of last week, and Palestinians in Gaza have begun to protest Hamas as their ruling power.
UAE President and US President discussed in a phone call efforts for reaching a ceasefire in Gaza.