Hamas has agreed to release 10 living hostages and 18 bodies in its response to the US’s Gaza ceasefire proposals.
The group said under the deal Israel would release a number of Palestinian prisoners. Israel was yet to respond at press time yesterday.
Earlier this week, the White House said Israel had “signed off” on Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff’s plan.
Hamas’s response constituted neither an explicit rejection nor a clear acceptance, according to the BBC.
Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza and resumed its military offensive against Hamas on 18 March, collapsing a two-month ceasefire brokered by the US, Qatar and Egypt.
Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage
At least 54,381 people have been killed in Gaza during the war, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.
