Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has sworn on Wednesday to eliminate “to the root” the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which announced to study “proposals” for a cease-fire in Gaza.
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A few days before a meeting scheduled in Washington with American president Donald Trump, who pressed hostilities, Mr. Netanyahu assured that there would be no more “Hamastan” in Gaza.
“It’s over. We will release all our hostages and eliminate Hamas (…). We will eliminate them to the root, “he insisted.
According to a Palestinian source close to the negotiations, the “proposals” received by Hamas from Egyptian mediators and Qataris mention a 60 -day truce during which would be released half of the Israeli hostages still alive in exchange for a certain number of Palestinian prisoners “.
The head of Israeli diplomacy, Gideon Saar, called not to “miss” an opportunity to release the last hostages selected in the Palestinian territory ravaged by nearly 21 months of war.
Donald Trump assured Tuesday that Israel had agreed to finalize the terms of a two-month-old ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept it.
However, no tangible track has yet emerged from negotiations and the horizon of an end of the fighting arouses debates in Israel, extreme right ministers opposing it until Hamas is active.
“We only have one word to say to them this morning: shame!” Tackled the Family Forum, the main association of relatives of the hostages selected in Gaza, and spearhead of mobilization to demand from the government an agreement for their release.
For Nadav Miran, brother of the hostage Omri Miran and member of the Forum of Hope, which brings together relatives of hostages opposed to negotiations with Hamas, a partial agreement “would not ensure the return of all hostages (…), they must be brought back all at once”.
Death of the director of a hospital
The war in Gaza was launched by the unprecedented attack on Israel launched on October 7, 2023 by Hamas.
Of the 251 people kidnapped that day, 49 are still retained in Gaza, including 27 declared dead by the Israeli army.
In the Gaza Strip, 47 people were killed on Wednesday in strikes and fire from the Israeli army, AFP Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for the territory, first aid organization.
Among the dead is the director of a hospital, Dr. Marouane Al-Sultan, according to the Indonesian NGO managing this establishment.
The Israeli army confirmed the strike, indicating, without further details, that it had targeted a “key terrorist” from Hamas and that it examined information that “unrescised civilians were injured”.
Israeli forces have indicated to extend their military operations to “dismantle Hamas’ military capacities in response to wild attacks” of the Palestinian movement. At the end of the day, they called on the population to evacuate several districts in eastern Gaza Ville for a nearby offensive.
The army also announced that it had intercepted two “projectiles” from the Gaza Strip to Israel, as well as the 19 -year -old soldiers in combat.
Blood children
During the day, more than a hundred people gathered in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younès (South) before the burial of the five members of the Abu Taimeh family, killed a few hours earlier.
Inside the establishment, which only works partially due to shortages, several children covered with blood are taken care of.
Meanwhile, in the Al-Mawasi area, passers-by watch amazed what remains of a tent targeted by an Israeli strike.
Some of the wounded lived in the hospital there, like many Gazans who, forced to leave their accommodation because of the war, populate makeshift camps.
There is only one heap of pots and blankets, and still blood on the ground.
The October 7 attack led to the Israeli side the death of 1219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count made from official data.
More than 57,012 Palestinians, mainly civilians, were killed in the Israeli military reprisal campaign on the Gaza Strip, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Hamas Government for Gaza, deemed reliable by the UN.
