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Cairo:

A senior Hamas official said on Monday that the Palestinian group is ready to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for the “serious prisoner swap” and guarantees that Israel will end the war in Gaza.

Hamas left Cairo on Monday after a conversation with Egyptians and Qatar intermediaries – two nations working with the United States to a broker in the surrounded area for a broker.

“We are ready to leave all Israeli prisoners for a serious prisoner swap deal, end of war, return of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and entry of humanitarian aid,” said AFP.

However, he accused Israel of obstructing progress towards a ceasefire.

“The issue is not the number of prisoners,” Nunu said, rather that the business is reviving its commitments, blocking the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and continues the war “.

“Hamas has so emphasized the need for a guarantee of forcing occupation (Israel) to maintain the agreement,” he said.

Israeli news website Ynet said on Monday that a new proposal was given to Hamas.

Under the deal, the group will release 10 living hostages in exchange for the US that the Israel will enter the conversation for the second phase of the ceasefire.

The first phase of the ceasefire, which began on January 19 and included several hostage prisoners exchange, which lasted two months before disintegrating.

Efforts towards a new Trust are stalled, over the disputes about the number of hostages to be released by Hamas, 58 people are still held in the Palestinian region.

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Pointing to those unsuccessful negotiations, the Israeli campaign group The Hostel and Missing Familys Forum said it was against talks aimed at the purpose of release of phased hostage.

“The phase method wastes valuable time and endanger all the hostages”, the group said the bounds representing relatives.

“We demand to choose the necessary, viable and appropriate solutions: ending the war and returning all the hostages together in an immediate stage.”

Meanwhile, Nunu stated that Hamas would not be disgusted, an important position that Israel has determined to end the war.

“Weapons of resistance are not for interaction,” Nunu said.

After Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, the war broke in Gaza. As a result of the attack, according to AFP Tally based on Israeli official data, 1,218 people died, mostly citizens.

Terrorists also took 251 hostages, of which 58 are still held in Gaza, of which 34 Israeli army says that they have died.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Sunday that at least 1,613 Palestinians had died from March 18, when the ceasefire collapsed, the overall death after 50,983 of the war faced overall deaths.

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