Israel will agree to the agreement, provided that all the hostages will be released at the same time, and in accordance with the Israeli conditions for the cessation of the war, which include the disarmament of Hamas, the demilitarization of the gas sector, the establishment of Israeli control over the perimeter of the gas and the establishment of a power that does not belong to Hamas and the Palestinian administration and which will live in the world with Israel, the statement said.
Hamas negotiators this week in Cairo demonstrated the willingness to abandon the requirements put forward last month, which led to a breakdown of negotiations on hostages in Doha, clarifies The Times of Israel with reference to the Israeli official and the Arab diplomat, familiarized with the process.
In recent days, several reports have appeared about the allegedly more flexible position of Hamas and its likely readiness to return to the so-called proposal of the special representative of the US President Donald Trump Witwkoff in the Middle East regarding the 60-day truce and the consideration of hostages, according to which half living hostages were released, with the assumption of further negotiations on the final end of the war, said article.
Context
Since October 2023, in the Gaza Strip, he was waging a war against Hamas in response to his attack on the territory of Israel, the murder of civilians and the abduction of hostages, some of which were liberated or killed. Now, according to the Israeli side, terrorist groups in the gas sector hold 20 hostages and bodies of 28 hostages. There are no accurate information about the fate of two more.
After long discussions of the ceasefire plan on January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas entered into an agreement on the ceasefire. After the refusal of Hamas, the first stage of the agreement, Israel announced the termination of the supply of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
Israel introduced the blockade of the Gaza, therefore, according to the UN, the humanitarian crisis in the region intensified, only in the first nine days of August 193 people died, of which 96 were children. May 31 Reuters wrote that in the gas sector Hungry residents robbed dozens of trucks with food. On June 17, the agency informed that Israeli tanks fired at a crowd of thousands of Palestinians who were waiting for trucks with humanitarian aid.
On August 2, 2025, Hamas said that he would not lay down weapons without the creation of an independent Palestinian state with the capital in Jerusalem.
On August 8, the Chancellery Netanyahu announced the intention to completely capture the gas sector. This led to protests among the Israelis.
