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After releasing hostages for seven days, the terrorist group Hamas could no longer find children and women to negotiate an extension of the ceasefire with Israel. This is despite the fact that there are another 136 hostages in captivity in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli information on Friday. But apparently even the Hamas leadership doesn’t know where dozens of these hostages are.
According to the Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani (43), more than forty women and children abducted from Israel on October 7 have not been found. They would probably be held captive in Gaza – but apparently not by Hamas.
Confused situation
Qatar plays the leading role in the mediation between Israel and Hamas. Even Qatar is in the dark about the whereabouts of numerous hostages. “The ceasefire will be extended if Hamas can get additional women and children,” Qatar’s head of government told the Financial Times this week. “We don’t yet have clear information on how many they can find.”
According to Sheikh Mohammed, Hamas has informed Qatar that its fighters have not captured any civilians. Hamas blamed other militant groups and Palestinians who rioted in southern Israel after Hamas militants breached Israeli security fences around the Gaza Strip.
Hamas is negotiating with Israel and other radical groups
Apparently other radical Islamic groups over which Hamas has no control are involved in the hostage taking. This means that Hamas has no overview of hostages that may be held by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, Palestinian Jihad (PIJ) and other smaller groups.
The Qatari head of government calls PIJ a militant group in the Gaza Strip that coordinates the hostage rescue together with Hamas. Hamas is therefore conducting negotiations not only with Israel, but also with the various radical Palestinian groups.
Observers say other terrorist groups may also see more value in the prisoners than Hamas. Another possibility is that some of these missing people managed to escape and are in hiding, or that they died.
Hamas offers to kill for a ceasefire
In its need to extend the ceasefire, Hamas has also offered to hand over the remains of a kidnapped mother and her two young sons.
“Hamas has also offered to hand over the bodies of the Bibas family and release her father for burial, along with two Zionist prisoners,” the radical Islamists said on Friday.
Israel did not take up the offer. Heavy fighting has raged again in Gaza since Friday morning after a seven-day ceasefire in which more than a hundred people were released.
Source: Blick
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