Hamas rejects Israel's proposal to release 10 hostages in exchange for 45-day ceasefire

[Hol]

Hamas rejected Israel's proposal to release 10 hostages in exchange for 45 days of ceasefire on Thursday night.

"We will not accept partial deals that serve [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu's political agenda," Hamas negotiating team head Khalil al-Hayya said in a statement, which the terror group claimed is based on the continuation of the war. "

Netanyahu’s partial agreements are a cover for his agenda based on continuing the annihilation, even at the cost of sacrificing his captives," he said in the statement. "We welcome the position of the American envoy Adam Boehler to end the issue of the captives and the war together, which aligns with the movement’s position.”

Hamas rejects Israel's proposal to release 10 hostages in exchange for 45-day ceasefire

Israeli hostages can be released if the Israeli government agrees to end the war, fully withdraw from Gaza, and allow for reconstruction of Gaza.

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[Margery]

They don't want to lose their living human shields. Corpses don't change their status when blown up by the IDF while there is a very real deterrent posed by a living human member of Israeli society that might be harmed by friendly fire.

Hamas has zero intention of ever giving back all the hostages. As long as Israel negotiate for them instead of saying fine, and blowing everyone up, they will continue to see hostages taken.

If I were a relative or friend or spouse of a hostage, I'd be all for negotiations too, but historically once Israel started down the slippery slope of negotiating to get hostages back, it's incentivized their enemies to take them.