2023-11-08 06:47:00
The president of United States, Joe Bidenhe told the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuduring a telephone conversation, that a three-day pause in fighting could help ensure release of hostages.
As reported on Tuesday website Axioswhich cited US and Israeli officials, in accordance with a proposal under debate between United States, Israel and Qatar, Hamas would release between 10 and 15 hostages and would take advantage of the pause to verify the identities of all current hostages by providing a list of the names of those held.
In a statement on Monday, the White House noted that Biden and Netanyahu They discussed “the possibility of tactical breaks to give civilians the opportunity to safely leave areas of ongoing fighting, to ensure that assistance reaches civilians in need and to allow the release of potential hostages.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report. Axios.
Every day is “an eternity,” families of Hamas hostages say in US Congress
Las families of kidnapped Israelis by members of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas stated this Tuesday in the United States Congress that the days seem like an eternity“, waiting for news from their loved ones.
The new Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, participated in a press conference with families of hostages, just a month after Hamas militants committed a brutal attack against Israel that left more than 1,400 dead, in his majority civilians, and the kidnapping of 240 people, the agency reported AFP.
A month after the terrorist attack, Israel announced that it will not give up control of security in Gaza
“Every day is like an eternity for me and I can’t wait any longer.“Doris Liber, whose son Guy Iluz, 26, was shot and kidnapped during a music festival, told reporters.
Yonatan Lulu Shamriz lived in the Kfar Aza kibbutz, on the border with Gaza, where his brother Alon was kidnapped.
“I want to thank everyone who is here for receiving us, the American government that helps us, but it is not enough,” he said. “This is a call to action… it’s a wake-up call to all of you here, all of America, all of Europe,” he added.
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