17.07.2024 18:00
It has been claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the expression 'We should not be stressed. Hamas should be stressed. Israeli prisoners are suffering but not dying.' during a security cabinet meeting regarding negotiations with Hamas between Tel Aviv. The relatives of the prisoners reacted to the statement of the Prime Minister.
The Israeli security cabinet convened to discuss the negotiations for a ceasefire and mutual prisoner exchange agreement in the Gaza Strip. It was reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "We should not be stressed. Hamas should be stressed. Israeli prisoners are suffering but not dying."
"CLARIFY UNACCEPTABLE STATEMENTS"
In a written statement from the platform where the relatives of Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip gathered, it was stated that Netanyahu should clarify his "unacceptable" statements. The statement emphasized that the negotiations for mutual prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel were in the "final stage" and that Netanyahu and his government should work to ensure the signing of the agreement instead of obstructing it.
It is alleged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sabotaged the indirect negotiations for the prisoner exchange between Tel Aviv and Hamas due to pressure from the far-right wing in his cabinet. Sources, who spoke to The Jerusalem Post on condition of anonymity, claimed that Hamas had made "major concessions" in the negotiations.
The sources also pointed out that Netanyahu had reintroduced the conditions during the negotiations, which included not withdrawing Israeli soldiers from the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, and not allowing members of Hamas' military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, to cross into the northern part of Gaza, for a possible prisoner exchange agreement, known as the "Philadelphia Corridor".
NUMBER OF PALESTINIANS KILLED REACHED 39,000
While indirect negotiations for a ceasefire and mutual prisoner exchange between Hamas and Tel Aviv continue, the Israeli army's attacks on Gaza have intensified. Since October 7, Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in the deaths of at least 38,794 Palestinians, including 15,694 children and 10,279 women, and 89,364 people have been injured.