War in the Gaza Strip. Hamas accepts a truce proposal, Israel is still attacking

Hajja said in a television speech that “two days ago they received a proposal from Egypt and Qatar, which was considered positively and accepted.” He added that he hoped that Israel He will also agree to her.

According to the Arab media, the contract assumes the suspension of fights for 50 days in exchange for the release of five living Israeli hostages by Hamas, the release of a number of Palestinian prisoners by Israel and resuming the supply of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

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Prime Minister's office Benjamina Netanyahu reported that it had received a mediators' offer and was discussed by the government. It has been added that Israel, however, presented its own counter -proposal “in full coordination with the USA”.

The Egyptian plan predicts that the suspension of fights will start with the ending Muslim Ramadan Festival of ID Al -Fitr, which should start on Sunday or Monday, but reaching an agreement by that time seems unlikely – one of the Israeli officials told Walla portal.

Presented earlier by Israel and USA The proposals assumed the release of more hostages, 10 or 11.

Regardless of the reports about the work on truce, the Israeli army announced on Saturday evening that it expanded the land surgery conducted in the south of the Gaza Zone near the city of Rafah. The army added that in recent days there were dozens of attacks on Hamas infrastructure.

The Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip said on Saturday that 25 people were killed in Israeli attacks during the last day. The total number of the offensive killed from the resumption of the offensive on March 18 is 921. Since the beginning of the war, over 50.2 thousand died in the autumn of 2023. Palestinians – added the ministry.

The war broke out after on October 7, 2023, Hamas and other terrorist groups invaded the south of Israel, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping the 251. The Israeli army believes that 24 kidnapped in captivity remain in captivity and 35 consecutive bodies are detained.

From January 19 this year. There was a suspension of a weapon, under which Hamas released 25 Israeli hostages and released the bodies of eight subsequent in exchange for releasing about 1800 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons.

As agreed by the framework agreement concluded thanks to the US mediation, Egypt and Runny noseAt the beginning of March, the second phase of weapon suspension was to start, including District, the total withdrawal of the Israeli from the Gaza Strip and the release of all kidnapped. However, there was no serious negotiations on this subject. The parties could not agree on the conditions of extension of the truce, and on March 18 Israel resumed the fight.

The Israeli government pressed to extend the initial phase of weapon suspension in exchange for releasing subsequent hostages and the promise of negotiating a permanent truce in the future. Hamas wanted the dismissal of the kidnapped to be involved in the implementation of the second stage and a guarantee of the end of the war, as the original schedule predicted.

To increase the pressure on Hamas, Israel cut off the supply of humanitarian aid and electricity before the resumption of fighting.