Israel’s Times of Israel reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (local time) that he was going to approve the army’s plan to handle the city of Gaza, while instructing him to start a conversation for the release of all the hostages, told Times of Israel.
Netanyahu made a statement in a pre-recorded message filmed outside the Gaza Division Headquarters of the Israel Defense Force, where he was meeting with the defense officers including Defense Minister Yov Galant to approve the proposal.
Netanyahu said, “I came to Gaza Division today, so that the IDF introduced the Defense Minister to control me and Gaza City and defeat Hamas.” “At the same time, I directed to start immediate conversation for the release of all my hostages and to start the immediate conversation to end the war to Israel,” he said.
Netanyahu was announced several days later when Hamas said it had agreed to a ceasefire proposal that would release half of the hostages and kick the conversation to end the war and free the rest.
Although the framework was previously approved by Jerusalem, Netanyahu has since said that Israel would agree to prevent only all 50 remaining detainees from fighting as part of a broad deal. It was not clear that his Thursday’s remarks marked any significant change in the status of talks.
The Times of Israel reported that Hamas came several days after Netanyahu’s statement agreed to a ceasefire proposal, which would look at half of the hostages issued, told the Times of Israel.
A spokesperson of the Prime Minister’s Office told the Times of Israel that there was no immediate plan to send the Israeli delegation, while a senior official later clarified that one would be sent to a place for talks when the messenger would be sent once. It was also not clear that Netanyahu’s comments were coordinated with Arab medias, which were engaged in the ongoing ceasefire discussion.
The deal pushed by American Special Anger Steve Vitkoff will commit a terror group to release the bodies of 10 living hostages and 18 killed bodies in return for the 60 -day ceasefire and the release of hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners.
It was proposed that during the ceasefire, negotiations for a permanent end for war would begin and the remaining 22 hostages released, Times of Israel.
Israel had earlier approved a similar outline, but has not yet responded to the proposal. Netanyahu has not rejected the framework, which leaves the possibility of both disposal of a conversation and a military growth. (AI)
