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Hamas Proposes Release Of Hostages After Israel's Operation Gideon's Chariots

Hamas will release nine hostages in exchange for a 60-day truce. Israel would release Palestinian prisoners. The deal will also include the entry of 400 aid trucks a day.

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Hostages being released by both Hamas and Israel amid ceasefire | representational image | Photo: file pic |
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Following Saturday바카라™s negotiations, Hamas proposed the release of more hostages after Israel launched a fresh offensive on the Gaza strip on Friday.

The latest Saturday ceasefire talks were held in Doha, mediated by Qatari and the United States mediators.

BBC reported that Hamas will release nine hostages in exchange for a 60-day truce. Israel would release Palestinian prisoners. The deal will also include the entry of 400 aid trucks a day, along with evacuation of medical patients from Gaza. Israel has asked for proof of life of all remaining hostages in the Gaza strip.

Israel has not responded to the aforementioned deal, but had mentioned before the ceasefire talks that it will not be withdrawing troops from Gaza or commit to the end of the war, as per BBC.

In a statement late on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces said they had 바카라œlaunched extensive attacks and mobilized forces to seize strategic areas in the Gaza Strip, as part of the opening moves of Operation Gideon바카라™s Chariots and the expansion of the campaign in Gaza, to achieve all the goals of the war in Gaza.바카라

Israel announced a major new offensive on Gaza named, "Operation Gideon's Chariots", deadliest in the past few months - following the end of a fragile short-lived two-month long ceasefire on March 18 - that was brokered between Israel and Hamas earlier this year. 

The operation has killed at least 300 people, including at hospitals and refugee camps in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, BBC reported.

Gaza is also suffering from a dire shortage of food supply and a humanitarian crisis as Israel has blocked the entry of aid and food into the territory for at least 10 weeks.

United States President Donald Trump on Friday said that people are starving in Gaza and that the US would have the situation in the territory 바카라œtaken care of바카라, as per The Guardian.

Trump told reporters in Abu Dhabi, 바카라œWe바카라™re looking at Gaza. And we바카라™re going to get that taken care of. A lot of people are starving.


According to Al Jazeera, the death toll stands at 62,614 Palestinians and 1,139 people killed in Israel since October 7, 2023.

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