(Jerusalem) Israel is preparing his answer after Palestinian Hamas said he was ready to negotiate a cease-fire and hostage release agreement in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli army operations killed 35 on Saturday, the local civil defense.
According to several local media, the Israeli security firm must discuss the opportunity to send a delegation on Sunday to Doha.
Hamas said on Friday evening that it was willing to “immediately engage” negotiations on a proposal for a truce sponsored by the United States and transmitted by the mediation of Qatar and Egypt.
Two Palestinian sources close to the discussions told AFP that this proposal included a truce of 60 days, during which the Islamist movement would release ten hostages still alive, as well as a certain number of bodies, in exchange for the release of Palestinians owned by Israel.
Of the 251 people kidnapped on the first day of the war launched on October 7, 2023 by the attack on Hamas on Israeli soil, 49 are still retained in Gaza, 27 of which were declared dead by the Israeli army.
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Palestinians inspect the damage caused to a UNRWA school sheltering inappropriate people, affected by a nocturnal Israeli strike in Gaza on July 5, 2025.
According to the two Palestinian sources, Hamas demands conditions on the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, guarantees on the continuation of the fighting of fighting after the 60 days and a recovery of the distribution of humanitarian aid by the UN and recognized international organizations.
President, Donald Trump, who is due to welcome Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu on Monday, said that an agreement could be concluded “next week”.
Egyptian diplomacy chief Badr Abdelatty said his ministry discussed on the phone with the American emissary for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, “preparations for the holding of indirect meetings between the two parties concerned”.
Two injured American humanists
On the occasion of a weekly rally in Tel Aviv, the hostage families forum once again called Israeli leaders to a “global agreement” which would allow the release of all of them at once.
“It’s time to conclude an agreement that saves everyone […]without selection, ”Macabit Mayer, the aunt of two hostages, Gali and Ziv Berman. “What God can compose such a list?” And what does that mean for us: that one is saved and that the other remains captive? »»
On the ground, the Israeli army extends its military offensive to the Gaza Strip, plunged into a critical humanitarian situation almost 21 months after the start of hostilities.
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A boy passes a UNRWA school which was affected by a nightly Israeli strike on July 5, 2025 in the city of Gaza.
According to Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense Gazouie, a first aid organization, 35 people were killed on Saturday.
Contacted by AFP, the Israeli army said it was unable to comment on strikes in particular in the absence of specific geographic coordinates.
She also indicated that she had intercepted two “projectiles” over the Israeli soil from southern Gaza.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an organization supported by the United States and Israel, announced that two of its US employees had been injured in an “attack”, at the Granada, against one of its aid distribution centers, without their vital prognosis being engaged.
Given the restrictions imposed on the media and difficulties of access to Gaza, it is extremely difficult for AFP to independently check the affirmations of the different parties.
The attack on October 7 left 1219 dead on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count made from official data.
At least 57,338 Palestinians, mainly civilians, were killed in the Israeli reprisal campaign in Gaza, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Government of Hamas, deemed reliable by the UN.
