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2024-12-22 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas: The agreement on Gaza could see the light before the end of this year
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] ”See? We’re cooperating — please don’t hurt us!”

Israel says Hamas has yet to give list of living hostages to be released — report

[IsraelTimes] Arab diplomat tells ToI that main hang-up is wording about end of war vs. end of ‘operation’; Israel reportedly to provide a list of 70-100 security prisoners it refuses to release

Hamas
..always the voice of sweet reason...
has still not provided Israel with a list of living hostages held by terror groups in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip that would be exchanged during a hostage-ceasefire deal, according to a Saturday television news report citing Israeli officials.

Channel 12 news first reported that the terror group had yet to hand over the list of names, but said that nevertheless, Israeli officials believe that progress is being made in the ongoing negotiations.

Earlier on Saturday, Hebrew media reported that the head of the IDF intelligence corps, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, visited Cairo over the weekend for meetings with his Egyptian counterparts. The report clarified that the visit was not focused on the hostage talks, but rather security cooperation.

Channel 12 reported later that Israel denied that Binder had visited Cairo.

However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened...
delegations of leaders from Hamas, Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine did convene in Cairo on Friday to discuss the ongoing negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal.

In a readout of the meeting, Hamas said the possibility of reaching a deal "is closer than ever if the enemy stops setting new conditions."

All three terror groups are believed to be holding hostages throughout Gaza, kidnapped during Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacre in southern Israel.

The factions "stressed everyone’s keenness to stop the aggression against our people," the Hamas statement said, apparently referring to its demand for a permanent ceasefire.

The nature of the ceasefire deal is the main issue of contention in the talks, with Hamas demanding a permanent end to the fighting, while Israel is seeking a temporary pause during which some of the hostages would be released followed by a resumption of its fighting to finish dismantling the terror group’s military and governing capabilities, an Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel earlier this week.

Israel has sought to have the agreement refer to the ceasefire as one that "end[s] the military operation," while Hamas is insisting that the text states that the ceasefire will "end the war."

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his stance against a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, saying he would only agree to a temporary pause as part of a hostage release deal, and reiterating his plan to see Hamas completely dismantled.

"I’m not going to agree to end the war before we remove Hamas," he said. "We’re not going to leave them in power in Gaza, 30 miles from Tel Aviv. It’s not going to happen."

Also on Saturday, responding to a media report that Paleostinian security prisoner Marwan Barghouti’s family recently visited Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
to discuss his release to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
member, but not the most reliable...

as part of a hostage deal, Netanyahu’s office issued a statement declaring, "the terrorist Marwan Barghouti will not be released if and when a deal is made to release the hostages."

Hamas has reportedly demanded the release of the top Fatah figure and locked away
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
intifada leader as part of the hostage deal with Israel.

Barghouti, 64, is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for his part in planning three terror attacks that killed five Israelis during the Second Intifada. He is often touted as one of the top candidates to succeed octogenarian the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....>
as leader of the Paleostinian Authority. He is especially favored by the younger generation, who perceive him as untainted by the PA’s corruption and collaboration with Israel.

Following the PMO’s vow not to release Barghouti, Channel 12 reported that Israel was insisting on presenting a list to the mediators with the names of 70 to 100 security prisoners who it would refuse to release as part of an agreement.

Numerous attempts to reach a new hostage deal since a week-long truce in November, 2023, saw the release of 105 hostages have repeatedly failed, with Israel and Hamas accusing each other of sabotaging efforts and refusing to budge on key issues.

However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened...
the current round of negotiations has seemingly come close to securing a deal that would guarantee the release of at least some of the 96 hostages kidnapped during Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel last year and still being held captive in Gaza.
Posted by Fred 2024-12-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top
 File under: Hamas 

#1 Report: Israel wants 11 male hostages freed in deal’s 1st stage, Hamas demands compensation

Somebody's gotta pay for their room, board, transportation and healthcare.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-12-22 05:30||   2024-12-22 05:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Israel still waiting for list of live hostages from Hamas, sources tell 'Post'
IMO, 'live' is the stumbling stone.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-12-22 16:49||   2024-12-22 16:49|| Front Page Top

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