Hamas says it has given a “positive response” to the ceasefire proposal to Gaza

Hamas announced on Friday evening that it is ready to “initiate” negotiations on the implementation of a cease-fire agreement in Gaza where, according to civil defense, the Israeli offensive left 52 dead in 24 hours.

The announcement of Hamas occurred before a trip on Monday to Washington of Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on Monday to meet President Donald Trump, who puts pressure on a cease-fire in Gaza, devastated by nearly 21 months of war.

At the end of internal consultations and with [d’autres forces] Palestinianthe Palestinian Islamist movement said in a statement that he is ready to initiate negotiations on the implementation of a proposal for a truce sponsored by Washington and transmitted by the mediation of Qatar and Egypt.

According to a Palestinian source close to discussions, this proposal includes a 60 -day truce During which Hamas would release half of the Israeli hostages still alive in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Islamic jihad, the main Palestinian movement ally of Hamas, argued the principle of negotiations. In a press release, he said he wanted agreement while asking for additional guarantees which would make it possible to ensure that Israel would not resume his assault Once the hostages have been released.

The targeted humanitarian aid sites

Meanwhile, the Israeli army continued its offensive in the besieged and hungry Gaza Strip, civil defense reporting 52 Palestinians killed by air raids, bombings and fire, including 11 near humanitarian aid sites.

At the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younès, where Palestinian bodies wrapped in plastic shrouds were transported, a crowd of men recite the prayer of the dead.

Next to it, crying women surround the body of a loved one.

My son went to get flour! They tell us “come and get this help”, we go there and they shoot usdeplores a mother who lost her 19 -year -old son near a help distribution center in the east of Khan Younès.

The distribution of aid to Gaza has been managed since the end of May by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a company with opaque funding supported by Israel and the United States, whose activities were marked by chaotic and murderous scenes.

L’Him said more than 500 people had been killed since the end of May near the sites of the GHF. The foundation denies any incident near its sites.

Asked about the bombings reported by the Civil Defense, the Israeli army said that it was carrying out operations to dismantle the military capacities of Hamas. She reported death in the fight of a soldier in Gaza.

L’ONG Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that one of his former collaborators, Abdallah Hammad, was among the Palestinians killed Thursday while they were waiting for aid trucks near Khan Younès.

We are revolted and saddened by his deathdenounced MSF.

Given the restrictions imposed on the media by Israel and the difficulties of access to the field, theAFP is not able to independently check the claims provided by the Civil Defense.

On Wednesday, Benyamin Netanyahu had reaffirmed his intention to eliminate “to the root” Hamas, in power since 2007 in Gaza, one of the goals displayed from the war, with the return of the hostages selected in the Palestinian territory.

The next day, he had promised to bring back all the hostages, sans exception.

Of the 251 people kidnapped during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, 49 are still retained in Gaza, 27 of whom were declared dead by the Israeli army.

In Tel Aviv, the hostage families demonstrated before an annex to the United States Embassy to claim a Large and beautiful agreement for hostages and a ceasefire, allusion to the large and beautiful Loi Budg enforcementary the Donald Trump.

Trump assured Tuesday that Israel had agreed to finalize the terms of a cease-fire and urged Hamas to accept it, saying that an agreement was close.

A first truce of a week in November 2023, then a second of two months in early 2025, negotiated by Qatar, the United States and Egypt, allowed the return of many Israeli hostages and the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

Toll

The attack on Hamas left 1219 dead on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to a count of theAFP established from official data.

At least 57,130 Palestinians, mainly civilians, were killed in Gaza during the major Israeli offensive, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Hamas, deemed reliable by theHim.