Hopes for a ceasefire in the Gaza War between Israel and Islamist Hamas have broken up for the time being. In its response to a proposal by the US mediator Steve Witkoff, the terrorist organization agreed to leave some hostages for a fire break, but provided other conditions. The US and Israel promptly rejected Hamas’ answer. It was “completely unacceptable”, Witkoff wrote to X. Israel will continue the efforts to bring the hostages back and defeat the Hamas, explained the office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas has to accept the current proposal for an initially limited weapon rest, then further conversations for a permanent war end are possible next week, Witkoff on. However, there is no guarantee of the final cessation of the fighting in the plan – but so far this was a central demand for Hamas. Apparently the Islamists stick to it. “Guarantees against the resumption of aggression” were transmitted as part of the answer to Witkoff, the news agency dpa from Hamas-Kreisen.hamas presents further conditional US proposal, a release of 10 hostages from the Gaza strip and the transfer of the remains of 18 further kidnapped. In return, Palestinian prisoners are said to be released from Israeli prisons. Hamas wants to agree to this core of the proposal. At the same time, however, the terrorist organization provides other conditions. The Islamists are calling for a longer -stretched timing of the hostage clearance than it is intended in Witkoff’s plan, as the dpa learned from circles of the terrorist organization. This change should prevent Israel’s head of government Netanyahu from breaking off the talks about a permanent ceasefire after a release of the first ten hostages, as he did during the previous ceasefire in January, the “Times of Israel” reported on a source that is involved in the conversations. After the ceasefire came into force, Israel’s military pulled back from the sealed-out Gaza Strip to the end of the ceasefire, as the dpa learned from Hamas circles. The terrorist organization also wanted to state that if there is no agreement on a permanent ceasefire within 60 days, the temporary fire break is automatically extended for an indefinite period, the US message page “Axios” quoted an informed source. However, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Netanyahu strictly rejects a ceasefire in which the war comes to an end. Critics accuse her of wanting to continue the war in the Gaza Strip for domestic reasons. Rather, Israel’s reaction to the US proposal was not with the compatible with the compatible with the Hamas. Witkoff’s attitude towards the Palestinian organization is unfair and shows a “complete bias” towards Israel.netanjahu: Answer The Hamas is with a step backwards President Donald Trump on Friday still raised hopes for an early ceasefire. The warring parties are very close to an agreement, Trump had explained in the White House in front of journalists. There is a chance. It remains to be seen how things are going on. As Witkoff explained, the answer of the Hamas was “completely unacceptable and a step backwards,” said Netanyahu’s office. Israel assumes that there are currently 20 to 23 living hostages and at least 35 corpses of abducted terrorist organization. Criticism of Israel’s procedure for the war was the attack by Hamas and other Islamist terrorists on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were dragged on to GAZA. Since then, Israel’s military has been fighting against Hamas in the – now large area – coastal area. According to the health authority controlled by the Hamas, more than 54,200 Palestinians have already been killed. The authorities’ figures do not distinguish between fighters and civilians, and Israel’s army started a new major offensive. Since then, dozens of deaths have been reported every day. The declared goal of Israel is to completely smash Hamas and get the remaining hostages free. In view of the many dead and the catastrophic humanitarian situation of the civilian population in Gaza, there is massive criticism of Israel’s military action at home and abroad.
