Hamas says ’40 hostages dead’, US pressure to release hostages: report

Nearly two days after the CIA proposed moving forward with a deal between Israel and Hamas to secure the release of 40 hostages held in Gaza, the terror group reportedly said “there is no such thing in Israel.” 40 hostages.” The category of humanitarianism that still exists”.

Hamas also told mediators that the number of survivors it said was much smaller, according to News 12 political reporter and anchor Yaron Avraham.

Hamas has not released this figure.

The victims included women, children, the elderly and the sick, the organization said.

The United States has offered a deal for the safe release of the hostages in exchange for a six-week ceasefire.

It comes after CIA Director Bill Burns met in Cairo on Sunday with the head of Israel’s Mossad, Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s spy chief in an attempt to break the deadlock in negotiations.

A high-level delegation from Hamas also arrived in Cairo at the same time and held separate meetings with Egyptian and Qatari mediators.

The deal also includes the release of at least 700 Palestinian prisoners, including more than 100 serving life sentences for killing Israelis.

On Monday, a Hamas official told Reuters, The group rejects Israel’s ceasefire offer Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told talks in Cairo that a date had been set for the invasion of Rafah, the last refuge for Gaza’s displaced Palestinians.

The group said on Tuesday that an Israeli proposal put forward by Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestinian factions, Reuters reported. Hamas also said it would study the proposal, describing it as “obstinate” and respond to the mediators.

More than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war broke out on October 7, according to the Hamas-controlled health ministry.

On October 7, Hamas seized 253 hostages, of which 133 are still being held. Negotiators said about 40 people would be released in the expected first phase of the deal.