A senior Hamas official stated that the group is ready to release all Israeli hostages under the conditions of ending the war in Gaza and implementing a “serious prisoner swap,” according to Arab News.
Currently, the Palestinian group is engaged in negotiations in Cairo with mediators from Egypt and Qatar which are both collaborating with the United States to carry out a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
“We are ready to release all Israeli captives in exchange for a serious prisoner swap deal, an end to the war, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the entry of humanitarian aid,” Taher Al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, said.
In the same context, Al-Nunu accused Israel of halting the progress toward a ceasefire, explaining that the Israeli occupation is breaking the deals and resuming its aggression against civilians.
“Hamas has therefore stressed the need for guarantees to compel the occupation (Israel) to uphold the agreement,” he added.
Hamas has received a new proposal, according to Israeli news website Ynet.
The deal stipulates that Hamas should release 10 living hostages, while US guarantees that Israel would enter negotiations for a second phase of the ceasefire.
Importantly, Al-Nunu stressed that Hamas would never disarm, which contradicts with Israel’s key condition to end the war. “The weapons of the resistance are not up for negotiation,” Al-Nunu said.
Since the beginning of Hamas-Israel War in Gaza, the Israeli occupation has killed at least 50,695 Palestinians and wounded 115,338 more, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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