This is the best summary I could come up with:
The negotiations to free the 239 hostages, including children and the elderly, have been ongoing since Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise terrorist arrack killed more than 1,000 Israeli civilians.
Roughly half of the captives are believed to be individuals with passports from as many as 25 foreign countries, including an estimated 54 Thais, 15 Argentines, 12 Americans, 12 Germans, six French and six Russians.
Earlier talks, mediated by Qatar, resulted in the releases of four hostages, two Americans and two elderly women, on two separate days.
“We would support humanitarian pauses for stuff getting in, as well as for people getting out,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Friday.
Jason Straziuso, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, which acted as an intermediary in the first two hostage releases, said enormous levels of trust would be needed for a large number of captives to be freed.
After Israel’s bombing and ground operations in Gaza intensified Friday night, a Hamas spokesman, Dr. Basem Naim, told NBC News on Saturday, “You can’t talk about negotiations while they are slaughtering our people.”
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Blockading food and fuel from a civilian population is a war crime.
A lot of the stuff this guy is posting is propaganda supporting and glorifying Israel. Click bait headlines and clear demonising language used when referring to hamas. Just noticing the content, not making statements, myself.
If you don’t want to downvote and ignore, I prefer a single reply turning the propaganda on its head.
I’m blocking you now
