Hamas rejects proposed ceasefire and hostage deal with Israel
Peace talks between Israel and Hamas have hit a dead-end after Hamas refused to release 40 hostages as demanded by the Israeli side.
Israel had insisted that for any further continuation of ceasefire talks, a minimum of 40 hostages have to be released.
However, Hamas, led by its political head Ismael Haniyeh, according to Israel’s defence ministry sources, has informed mediators that they don’t have 40 women and elderly hostages to be released.
Hamas side informed the mediators, including Qatar and Egyptian leaders, that touching the figure of 40 would be difficult and that they may have to include healthy male hostages which was not agreeable.
The political bureau of Hamas led by Ismael Haniyeh was in agreement with an immediate ceasefire while the military side led by Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif wanted a hard bargain or a total withdrawal of the Israeli military from the Gaza Strip.
This, contradictory position of the Hamas leadership has led to the mediatory talks getting failed time and again, as per the sources in the Israel war cabinet and defence ministry.
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West, world and the UN has no concern for the hostages who were take as tools for negotiations. Other than 1400 unarmed civilians killed the 240 hostages taken had infants, babies, young women, elderly man and women all help less. They were torchered , killed and raped and the shameless ICJ only talks about the and rules on the retaliatory measures taken. How many of the wisemen sitting on the bench and the UN meeting would be willing to allow their family members to be treated like that. The bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima with uncountable did not constitute a genocide, was it a noble act? Killing in was is not the same as capturing and killing for trading. Ever since the war began the release of all hostages unharmed was never the priority. Keeping the conflicts going is the name of the game be it in middle east or in Ukrane.