Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 10th Jan. According to media reports on Tuesday an Israeli delegation has reached Cairo for negotiations on a deal to release hostages currently under Hamas captivity in Gaza.
Israeli government sources was quoted in news media that the arrival of the delegation to Cairo came after growing pressure from the Jewish State traditional allies — the US, UK, France and Germany to end the ongoing war in Gaza between the Isreali forces and the Palestinian militant Hamas.
The demand for the release of the hostages is escalating by the day within Israel as well.
The negotiations between the two party at the behest of Qatar, Egypt and the US, had been suspended after the assassination of Saleh al-Arouri deputy head of Hamas’s political wing in Beirut, a week ago.
Some 240 people, including foreign nationals, were kidnapped after the Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
According to official sources during the humanitarian pause from November 24-30, 2023, 86 Israeli and 24 foreign national hostages were released.
Prior to that 2 American women and 2 elderly Israeli women were freed.
IDF also rescued one female soldier and 3 hostages were killed in accidental firing by the Israeli army.
The IDF and Israel’s military Intelligence have confirmed that 23 hostages are dead and about 136 of them remain in Gaza.
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed in Israel by Hamas, including 36 children, IDF and Israeli Government reported.
According to the Israeli authorities, the majority of fatalities occurred on the day of the Hamas assault on October 7, of 2023.
