Israel is willing to continue to exist -the -fires on the basis of an American proposal for the release of 11 living hostages and half of the deceased, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Saturday evening.
In a statement about X, his office said: 'Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had an in -depth discussion tonight about the issue of hostages, with the participation of the negotiating team and the heads of the security company.
“After the discussion, the Prime Minister ordered the negotiating team to prepare for the continuation of the conversations according to the response of the mediators to the Witkoff proposal for the immediate release of 11 living hostages and half of the deceased hostages.”
The last development only comes one day after Hamas said that it would release the last living American-Israeli hostage and the remains of four other double national hostages after a proposal from mediators to continue negotiations in the second phase of a Gaza cease-to-end.
Edan Alexander, 21, will be released together with the bodies of four other hostages who died in captivity, Hamas has claimed.
Hamas said in a statement on Friday that it responded 'positive' to the proposal presented on Thursday to resume negotiations.
The group did not specify immediately when the release of soldiers, who was held hostage for 525 days, or the bodies would take place.
Other countries party to the agreement did not immediately confirm the declaration of the terror group.
Israel is willing to continue to exist -the -Fires on the basis of an American proposal for the release of 11 living hostages and half of the deceased, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced on Saturday evening
Hamas said that it would release the last living American-Israeli hostages, Edan Alexander, 21, and the remains of four other double national hostages after receiving a proposal from mediators to continue negotiations in the second phase of a Gaza Stakten-Het
Alexander is considered the last living American hostage. He appeared in a Hamas propaganda video in November 2024 (photo)
Alexander, who was only 19 when he was abducted during Hamas' 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, is considered the last living American hostage.
He appeared in a Hamas propaganda video in November 2024. Israel says that four other American hostages died in captivity.
Alexander grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey and decided to submit to the Israel Defense Forces after he graduated from high school.
Hamas' explanation comes while the conversations in Doha continue to try to mediate the next phase of the Stakes-Fires of Israel-Hamas, the first phase of which ended two weeks ago.
“Yesterday, a Hamas Leadership Delegation received a proposal from the fraternal brokers to resume negotiations,” a Hamas spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.
The group added his answer “included the agreement to release the Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, who owns American citizenship, together with the remains of four others who have double citizenship.”
Hamas Official Husam Badran, in a separate statement, again confirmed what he said that the organization's commitment to fully execute the ceasefire in all its phases, warning that any Israeli deviation from the conditions would return to square.
The special envoy of American President Donald Trump Steve Witkoff told reporters in the White House at the beginning of March that obtaining the release of Alexander was a 'top priority'.
Yael Alexander, center in Gray Scarf, holds a poster from her son Edan during a meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday 22 February 2025 for the families and supporters of hostages in the Gaza
Hamas will be transferred to the international committee of the Red Cross on 22 February 2025 during the seventh exchange of the cease -the
For weeks the mother of the soldier Yael Alexander watched the release of hostages from Gaza, hoping that she could soon see the name of her son on a list of it liberated.
“This is a critical time,” Yael said last month. “I know my son is probably in tunnels, so I understand that he doesn't see any sunlight, and the sky is very thin underground.”
She added: “It is very, very difficult for me to even think about it.”
Since his kidnapping, Alexander's relatives have divided their time between Israel, Washington, DC, where they often come together with politicians and their home in New Jersey.
Yael, who participated in rallies who demanded that the hostages were released, said earlier that Trump's dedication to the release of her son caused hope.
'Every time they say Edan's name, it is as if they don't forget it. They have not forgotten that he is American, and they are working on it, “she said.
The US, Qatar and Egypt have tried to bridge differences between Hamas and Israel to restore the negotiations for the second phase of the Stakten-Nuurdereal to release the remaining hostages in Gaza and to facilitate the access of help in the enclave.
Israel presses on the militant group to accept an extension of the first phase of the ceasefires.
Israel blocked the arrival of Aid Trucks in Gaza on 2 March when an impasse escalated about the truce, in which Hamas called on Egyptian and Qatarese mediators to intervene.
US President Donald Trump, depicted meeting with released hostages in the Oval Office earlier this month, said earlier that getting the release of Alexander was a 'top priority'
Hamas says that it wants to start negotiations on the more difficult second phase of ceases -the fires, which would see the release of remaining hostages from Gaza, the withdrawal of Israeli troops and a permanent peace.
Fighting in Gaza has stopped since January 19 under the first phase of the three-phase cease-fire.
Hamas has exchanged 33 Israeli hostages and five Thais for around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and prisoners.
The second phase includes conversations about an agreement for the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from the enclave.
Israel demands that Hamas frees the remaining hostages without starting the negotiations of phase two.
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