Israel keeps bombing near hospitals that may indeed have Hamas member’s being below them….
The injuries and deaths continue….
Isreal ups attracts against Hezbollah in Lebanon
Talks continue on releasing the hostages that Hamas holds….
The hostage talks seem to have revealed something NOT previously known….
Some of the hostages may be held by DIFFERENT groups than Hamas….
Hamas does not want to release any Israeli captured military people….
Neither side trusts each other…..
Here’s what we know:
A spokesman for Israel’s foreign ministry, Lior Haiat, said that the original figure of 1,400 had been an “initial estimate” and that it had now been updated.
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Israel has struggled to distinguish the remains of Oct. 7 victims from those of attackers.
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‘These babies, these ladies, these old people’: Macron mourns civilian deaths and urges an Israeli cease-fire.
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Concerns grow for hospital patients and sheltering civilians.
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The W.H.O. chief says more than 250 attacks on Gaza and West Bank health care facilities have been verified.
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Israel steps up airstrikes inside Lebanon following Hezbollah drone and missile attacks.
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Israel is on high alert as regional threats from Iran-backed militants grow.
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Israel’s public defenders will not represent Oct. 7 attackers…..
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The hostage talks…..
Hamas and Israel are negotiating two hostage release proposals, one involving a small number of people and one that could involve 100 or more civilians being held in Gaza, according to officials briefed on the talks.
Hamas and other Palestinian groups are holding around 240 people hostage in Gaza, according to Israeli officials and others briefed on the talks. A little less than half of them are civilians, and the larger deal being negotiated would involve the release of all of those, one official said….
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Under one proposal being discussed, Hamas would release 10 to 20 civilian hostages — Israeli women and children as well as foreigners, including Americans — in exchange for a brief pause in hostilities, one official briefed on the talks said. That could be followed by a larger release of about 100 civilians if terms are met.
In exchange for releasing all the civilians, Hamas is asking for a brief pause, more humanitarian aid, fuel for hospitals and the release of women and children in Israeli prisons, the official said, adding that the Israeli authorities had expressed uncertainty about releasing their prisoners….
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One official said a complicating factor was that Hamas had told Qatari negotiators that it held 20 or fewer civilians, and that the others were being held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad or other groups or individuals in Gaza who are not part of the Hamas command structure. The official said the governments involved in the talks had not independently verified this claim….
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Hamas officials are telling negotiators that they have all or almost all of the Israeli military personnel who were captured, numbering 130 to 140, but have no intention of releasing them soon, an official said.
Israeli officials have not released any breakdowns of military versus civilian hostages….
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American and Israeli officials are deeply skeptical of various Hamas claims about the hostages in Gaza, including the group’s assertions that they do not hold many of the civilian captives, according to officials briefed on the talks…..