Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Thursday the immediate beginning of negotiations for the liberation of all hostages held in Gaza and put an end to a war that lasts almost two years.
Addressing the soldiers that serve in Gaza, Netanyahu said he will meet with the commanders to approve the plans to capture the city of Gaza and defeat Hamas.
“At the same time, I have instructed to immediately begin negotiations for the liberation of all our hostages And the end of war in acceptable conditions for Israel, “he said, adding that” we are in the decision -making phase. “
The Israeli army maintained its pressure on the city of Gaza until Thursday.
On the eve, the army called rows to 60,000 reservistsin a sign that the government continues with the plan despite the international conviction.
It is likely that the calls to ranks of tens of thousands of reservists have been for weeks, What will give time to mediators to try to save the distances around a new proposal of high temporary fire that Hamas has acceptedbut to which the Israeli government has not yet responded officially.
The proposal requires a high fire of 60 days and the release of 10 living hostages retained in Gaza by militants of Hamas and 18 corpses. In turn, Israel would free about 200 Palestinian prisoners in their possession for a long time.
The Israeli government has declared that the remaining 50 hostages held by militants in Gaza must be released immediately. Israeli authorities believe that about 20 of them are still alive.
