On standby, the ceasefire agreement is close to being closed between Hamas and Israel. Although in recent hours the positions between the two have seemed close, from the Israeli side, the leader of Hamas in the Strip, Yahya Sinwar, has been accused of postponing his decision because he fears for his very survival. “It appears that he is finding it difficult to reach a choice that will likely result in the fall of the Hamas government because he will find it difficult to give up the crucial card that will ensure his survival and the survival of our prisoners.
On the ground, the IDF has continued to hit, in this case, one of the prominent military leaders of the Islamic Jihad and another of the guerrillas that have a presence in the Gaza conflict. “Led by the Gaza Division, the IDF and the Shin Bet, Air Force fighter jets today killed in the southern Gaza Strip terrorist Iman Zerev, a senior member of the GAP in the Gaza Strip, who has commanded and directed a series of offensives and, in recent years, has commanded a series of different attempted incursions into the country’s territory,” the Israeli Defense Forces said in a tweet to social website X.
Hamas demands end to war in hostage deal
The Islamist group Hamas will not accept any truce or hostage release agreement with Israel if the pact does not include ending the war in the Gaza Strip, a source from the Palestinian movement close to the talks told EFE.
“We treat the negotiations seriously and seek to reach an agreement that puts an end to the suffering of our people,” said the informant, who asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the information.
In this sense, he criticized the Israeli government for its “insistence” on invading Rafah, a town in the extreme south of the Strip where more than 1.4 million displaced people are crowded, instead of advocating for a total cessation of fighting and the complete withdrawal of its army from the Palestinian enclave, as demanded by Hamas.
Israel hits Islamic Jihad
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)) reported this Saturday that they have killed a senior commander of the Palestinian armed group Islamic Jihad in an operation carried out together with the Shin Bet, the intelligence and general security service. interior of Israel—in the southern Gaza Strip.
“Led by the Gaza Division, the IDF and the Shin Bet, Air Force fighter jets have today killed in the southern Gaza Strip terrorist Iman Zerev, a senior member of the GAP in the Gaza Strip, who has commanded and directed a series of offensives and, in recent years, has commanded a series of different attempted incursions into the country’s territory,” the IDF explained in a post on the social network X.
The Israeli Army has clarified in the same publication that Iman Zareb “commanded the terrorist attack by the Najaba terrorists against the group in Yishuv and the Sofa outpost on October 7.”
