Israel claims it is negotiating a “draft agreement” with Hamas for the release of hostages

head of MossadHas met the head of Israeli intelligence services CongressBill Burns and the Qatari Prime Minister will discuss this “new draft agreement”, as announced by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “In the coming days, negotiations will continue between mediators and Hamas on this project” that “integrates previous proposals and takes into account recent events in the region,” the same source said.

A day earlier, Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, whose country is one of the mediators in the conflict in Gaza along with Qatar and the United States, had proposed a two-day ceasefire. Four hostages will be exchanged

This ceasefire would be preceded by negotiations “within ten days” for a “complete ceasefire and entry of humanitarian aid” into Palestinian territory strictly controlled by Israel.

But Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel had not received any proposal on the release of hostages in Gaza in exchange for a two-day ceasefire, according to his spokesman. “If this proposal had been made, the Prime Minister would have “Immediate Acceptance”he said in a statement.

Despite objections from the United States and the United Nations, the Israeli parliament voted this Monday on a bill that imposes restrictions on the activities of UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, in Israel. Israel accused some of the agency’s employees of participating in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israeli soil, which sparked the war in Gaza.

The Israeli president instead indicated that several European countries, including Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain, have condemned the Israeli measure.

Iran threatened to retaliate

Despite international pressure, Israel is continuing its offensive against Hamas and Hezbollah, two Islamist movements backed by Iran, after bombing military targets in Iranian territory on Saturday.

Iran wants to build “A stockpile of nuclear bombs to destroy Israel” “And this could put the whole world in danger,” Netanyahu said on Monday. Saturday’s bombing “changed the balance of forces” between the two countries, their Defense Minister Yoav Galant said, adding that he estimated “the enemy has been weakened.”

Iran threatened Israel this Monday “Unimaginable” resultsThe attacks were carried out in response to the firing of Iranian missiles into Israeli territory on October 1.

war never ends

After weakening Hamas in Gaza, Israel shifted most of its operations to Lebanon. On September 23, the Israeli military launched an air campaign against Hezbollah strongholds and followed it up with a ground attack a week later, which has cost the lives of 37 soldiers so far.

According to Israeli officials, the aim is to allow some people to return to the north of the country 60,000 displaced For Hezbollah’s rocket launches a year ago.

This Monday, Israeli bombing killed seven people in the coastal city of Tyre, in southern Lebanon, and several others in the east. Another 60 people were killed in the bomb blastsAccording to officials.

More than 1,670 people have died in Lebanon since September 23, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.

For their part, pro-Iranian militias claimed responsibility for several rocket and artillery attacks along the Israeli border, as well as a rocket attack on the Stella Maris naval base near Haifa in northern Israel. According to the Israeli army, About 115 “projectiles” This Monday, Hezbollah fired shots towards Israel.

In the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army announced it had killed “dozens of terrorists” in Jabaliya, north of the enclave, where it had launched an October 6 offensive to prevent Hamas fighters from regrouping.

The war in the Gaza Strip began with an attack by Hamas militants against Israel on October 7, 2023, in which they killed 1,206 people, mostly civilians, and captured 251, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli data. According to this, that also includes hostages who died in captivity.

Of those abducted that day, 97 remained captive in Gaza, but 34 of them were declared dead by the army.

In response, Israel launched an offensive in Gaza, which has already killed 43,020 people, mostly civilians, according to Hamas government health ministry figures considered reliable by the United Nations.