Israel rejects Hamas offer to free Israeli-American captive (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
from IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 14 Mar 2025 17:28
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Israel today dismissed a Hamas offer to free an American-Israeli dual national if Tel Aviv begins the next phase of ceasefire talks towards a permanent end to the war.

Hamas said it had made the offer to release New Jersey native Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old soldier in the Israeli occupation army, after receiving a proposal from mediators for negotiations on the second phase of a ceasefire deal, which has halted major fighting since 19 January but has been in limbo for two weeks as Israel refuses to begin negotiations on a second phase and looks to exert maximum pressure on Palestinian to force them to accept its new terms.

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