Israel’s retaliatory marketing campaign in Gaza has killed at the very least 37,347 individuals since warfare broke out.

Jerusalem:

A senior Israeli negotiator informed AFP Monday that tens of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are actually alive and that Israel can not settle for halting the warfare till all captives are launched in a deal.

Hamas seized 251 hostages on October 7, of whom Israel believes 116 stay in Gaza, together with 41 who the military says are lifeless.

“Tens are alive with certainty,” the official mentioned on situation of anonymity as he was not authorised to talk publicly on the problem.

“We can not depart them there a very long time, they’ll die,” he mentioned, including {that a} overwhelming majority of them had been being held by Hamas militants.

US President Joe Biden final month unveiled a three-phase proposal to finish the warfare in Gaza, which features a ceasefire and the discharge of hostages held by Hamas.

Biden mentioned the primary part features a “full and full ceasefire” lasting six weeks, with Israeli forces withdrawing from “all populated areas of Gaza”.

The official mentioned Israel couldn’t finish the battle with Hamas earlier than a hostage deal as a result of the militants may “breach their dedication… and drag out the negotiations for 10 years” or extra.

“We can not, at this cut-off date — earlier than signing the settlement — decide to ending the warfare,” the official mentioned.

“As a result of throughout the first part, there is a clause that we maintain negotiations concerning the second part. The second part is the discharge of the lads and male soldier hostages.”

The official mentioned the Israeli negotiating group had greenlit the Biden plan.

“We anticipate, and are ready for, Hamas to say ‘sure,'” the official mentioned.

The Israeli authorities has but to publicly approve the Biden plan.

“Within the occasion we do not attain an settlement with Hamas, the IDF (military) will proceed to struggle within the Gaza Strip in a no much less intense style than it is preventing now,” he mentioned.

“In a distinct method, however an intense method.”

The warfare between Israel and Hamas broke out after Hamas carried out an unprecedented assault on Israel on October 7 that resulted within the deaths of 1,194 individuals, principally civilians, in line with an AFP tally primarily based on official Israeli figures.

Israel’s retaliatory marketing campaign in Gaza has killed at the very least 37,347 individuals, additionally principally civilians, in line with the Hamas-run territory’s well being ministry.

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