“ The US has denied that Hamas is violating a cease-fire agreement with Israel, insisting that the slow process of returning the bodies of hostages held in Gaza was to be expected given the extremely difficult conditions in the Strip. The Trump administration says the terrorist group has fulfilled its primary promise by freeing all hostages alive. Source: The Times of Israel Details: A senior White House adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity, rejected claims that Hamas had allegedly violated a cease-fire agreement with Israel. “We heard a lot of people saying, ‘Hamas broke the deal because not all the bodies were returned.’ We agreed with them that we would take out all the hostages alive, and they kept that agreement,” he said. According to the adviser, there is currently a mechanism in place in which the US works closely with mediators “to return as many bodies as possible.” He added that Washington continues to pass on intelligence that Israeli services have about the likely location of the bodies to intermediaries, and intends to “work diligently until we exhaust this mechanism.” Another senior adviser, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, called the simultaneous release of all 20 living hostages a “major moment” and stressed that the process of exhuming the bodies could only begin after a ceasefire had been established, as Gaza was an active war zone. The amount of debris in Gaza far exceeds what was left after the 9/11 bombing of the World Trade Center, a Trump adviser has claimed. “There’s a lot of unexploded ordnance lying on top of all that debris, and there’s probably a lot of bodies underneath… there’s a lot of bodies,” the official said. He estimated that it would be “almost impossible” for Hamas to quickly locate and retrieve all 28 bodies, even if their locations were precisely known. The American official also announced a new initiative – an incentive program, under which residents of Gaza will be paid a reward for helping to find bodies. Verbatim: “The U.S. is also in contact with Turkey, which is reportedly ready to send experts with experience in search and rescue after earthquakes. It is unclear whether Israel would accept such help, given the strained relationship between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has compared the Israeli leader to Hitler. Details: Despite all the difficulties, both advisers stressed the desire of the United States to return the bodies of all hostages. “We will not leave here until everyone returns home… No one will be left behind,” the second adviser assured. Background: On the morning of October 13, Hamas released and handed over the first seven hostages to the Red Cross. Subsequently, the militants released 13 more people and thus all 20 hostages who were held captive for more than 2 years have returned. The hostages are being released as part of a ceasefire agreement reached with the administration of US President Donald Trump.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The Times of Israel
Details: A senior White House adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity, rejected claims that Hamas had allegedly violated a cease-fire agreement with Israel.
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“We heard a lot of people saying, ‘Hamas broke the deal because not all the bodies were returned.’ We agreed with them that we would take out all the hostages alive, and they kept that agreement,” he said.
According to the adviser, there is currently a mechanism in place in which the US works closely with mediators “to return as many bodies as possible.” He added that Washington continues to pass on intelligence that Israeli services have about the likely location of the bodies to intermediaries, and intends to “work diligently until we exhaust this mechanism.”
Another senior adviser, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, called the simultaneous release of all 20 living hostages a “major moment” and stressed that the process of exhuming the bodies could only begin after a ceasefire had been established, as Gaza was an active war zone.
The amount of debris in Gaza far exceeds what was left after the 9/11 bombing of the World Trade Center, a Trump adviser has claimed.
“There’s a lot of unexploded ordnance lying on top of all that debris, and there’s probably a lot of bodies underneath… there’s a lot of bodies,” the official said.
He estimated that it would be “almost impossible” for Hamas to quickly locate and retrieve all 28 bodies, even if their locations were precisely known.
The American official also announced a new initiative – an incentive program, under which residents of Gaza will be paid a reward for helping to find bodies.
Literally: “The U.S. is also in contact with Turkey, which is reportedly ready to send experts with experience in search and rescue operations after earthquakes. It is unclear whether Israel would accept such assistance, given the strained relationship between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has compared the Israeli leader to Hitler.
Details: Despite all the difficulties, both advisers emphasized the desire of the United States to return the bodies of all hostages.
“We will not leave here until everyone returns home… No one will be left behind,” the second adviser assured.
Prehistory:
- In the morning of October 13 Hamas released and handed over the first seven hostages to the Red Cross. Later, militants another 13 people were released and thus all 20 hostages who had been in captivity for more than 2 years returned.
- The hostages are released as part of the agreement on cease-fireachieved with the participation of the presidential administration Donald Trump’s USA.