The main Israeli coordinator for the return of the hostages of Gaza, Gal Hirsch, has confirmed Wednesday that the terrorist group Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) currently has 59 hostages in their possession, 24 of them livingafter the president of the United States, Donald Trump, reduced the number of kidnapped who remain alive in the Gaza Strip.
“24 of them are listed on the list of living hostages. Thirty -five of them appear on the list of hostages whose deaths have been officially confirmed”he said on social networks after Trump assured the press that only 21 hostages are still alive, three less than the official figures published by Israel.
In this sense, Hirsch has assured that “they maintain continuous contact with the families of all the kidnapped.” “We are at your disposal for updates, clarifications and reviews in different ways and at any time,” he has settled.
The statements of the Republican magnate have caused discomfort in the loved ones of the kidnapped, who through the Host and missing relatives forum They have asked explanations to the Israeli government, demanding that they clarify whether they have new intelligence information about their situation.
Alon Nimrodfather of the hostage Tamir Nimrodi, he has assured in statements to the media that family members feel that they have stabbed in the back. “What does Trump know that we don’t know?” He has highlighted, calling the situation as “heartbreaking”.
For his part, Yehuda Cohen, father of the hostage Nimrod Cohen, has criticized the government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for the way they have abandoned the hostages, according to the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.
“There is sensitive information circulating around the world and anyone can mention the figure that comes to him, as if it were a merchandise. A market open at the expense of the families of the hostages and their feelings. Netanyahu is simply sitting by calculating their profits,” he said.
-Egypt has received a United States initiative for a truce in Gaza “less complicated”, which includes the release of hostages and the entry of help into the strip, and that would come into force before the visit of President Donald Trump to the Middle East.
The informant, who asked to maintain anonymity, said “The American proposal aims to establish a ‘framework’ of negotiation that allane the way to reactivate the political process and put an end to the war in Gaza through a truce agreement.”
He pointed out that the proposal “coincides with a meeting in Doha (Qatar) of the leaders of (the Islamist group) Hamas in Gaza, the West Bank and the foreigner to address the proposals that are on the table today.”
The source did not announce details regarding that meeting, although he explained that the US initiative “includes relatively simple terms compared to the ideas proposed by several parts in recent weeks.”
“It focuses on the opening of humanitarian corridors to deliver urgent help to Gaza, as well as the release of a limited number of Israeli hostages, including Edan Alexander”a dual American-Israeli nationality soldier, he said.
The proposed “less complicated” plan – he added, also includes providing clear information about the conditions of Israeli hostages that follow Hamas, as well as “the remaining access tests of the (hostages) to food and medicines.”
(With information from Europa Press and EFE)
