Hamas approves list of 34 Israeli captives to release amid Doha talks
A senior Hamas official has said that the Palestinian resistance movement is ready to release 34 captives in the "first phase" of a potential ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal.
"Hamas has agreed to release 34 Israeli prisoners from a list presented by Israel as part of the first phase of a prisoner exchange deal," the official told AFP on Sunday.
The Reuters news agency also reported that Hamas told it that the resistance group had approved a list of 34 captives presented by Israel, to be exchanged in a potential ceasefire deal.
Hamas said any deal will depend on an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a permanent ceasefire.
The Hamas official told Reuters that Israel has seen no progress on this request.
Around 250 people were taken captive on October 7 last year during the Al-Aqsa Storm, a retaliatory operation by Gaza’s resistance groups.
Hamas released 105 of the captives during a week-long truce last November.
Hamas says it will only release the captives if Israel completely halts its aggression on Gaza and agrees to release hundreds of Palestinians held in the regime’s prisons.
Public and diplomatic pressure has been mounting on the Benjamin Netanyahu regime to do more to strike a deal for securing the release of captives still held in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Israeli regime’s prime minister has been obstructing mediation for a truce and a deal to release the 97 captives still held by Palestinian groups in Gaza. The Israeli military says 34 of them are dead.
Netanyahu has rejected a series of ceasefire proposals, including one from the US administration in May.
The Palestinian resistance groups have been seeking an end to Israeli aggression and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
At least 45,800 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and 109,000 others wounded since the war began on October 7, 2023.
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