Israel destroyed the headquarters of the radical terrorist group this Sunday Hamas in Khan Younis, the group’s stronghold in the southern Gaza Strip, while Hopes fade for a truce agreement can be announced this Sunday night.
“The movement has not yet given a response and is carrying out final consultations with members of our people and their national factions in a way that meets the interest of the Palestinian people to stop aggression, reconstruction and the release of prisoners“said a Hamas source to the Al Aqsa channel, linked to the terrorist group.
“The answer is expected to come soon,” added the report on the possible new agreement for a truce in the Gaza Strip, which would allow the release of hostages by Palestinian prisoners.
Although the details of the draft agreement have not been published, the latest leaked information points to the release of the 136 hostages held by Hamas in captivity, some already dead, for a period of 142 days in exchange for the release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners held hostage.
However, the terrorist group demands as a starting point the Israeli commitment that they access a permanent ceasefire that ends the warsomething that Israel is not willing to accept because its goal is to “dismantle Hamas.”
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuinsisted this Sunday in his weekly meeting with the government cabinet that Israel “will not accept any agreement, nor at any price” about a truce in the Gaza Strip, while waiting for Hamas’ counteroffer to an agreement proposal mediated by Qatar and Egypt.
Last Thursday, the mediators delivered to Hamas a draft agreement—which already had the approval of the United States and Israel—which the Islamist terrorist group preliminarily accepted. although with matters still to close.
The Islamist group has presented a more defined proposal and awaits a response from Israel, although they clarified that the main point is the end of hostilities and the departure of Israeli troops from the enclaveterrorist sources said.
Israel’s war cabinet was scheduled to meet this Sunday night to study Hamas’ counterproposal, which has not yet arrived. while facing strong internal pressure, especially the relatives of the hostages, to reach an agreement that allows their release.
Israel continues its operation
Waiting for news about a possible truce, the Israeli Army continued its military offensive this Sunday in the area of ​​Khan Younis, a Hamas stronghold in the south of the Strip, and announced the destruction of the group’s headquarters in that city.
A training center for the Khan Yunis Brigade was found there, as well as the offices of its commander. Mohamed Sinwar, brother of Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Islamist group within the enclave and Israel’s most wanted target in this war, considered the mastermind of the October 7 attacks.
The complex, known as Al Qadsia, was the base of that brigade, one of the most powerful in Hamas’s armed wing, and members of the group were planned and trained there for the attacks. October 7 in Israel, the Army reported.
On October 7, more than 3,000 Hamas militiamen carried out an armed incursion against dozens of communities in southern Israel, most of them kibbutzim, killing more than 1,200 people and kidnapping more than 250.
The war declared by Israel on Hamas that same day has claimed the lives, inside the Strip, supposedly of more than 27,300 Gazans and injured more than 66,600, according to the Ministry of Health of the Strip, controlled by the terrorists.
Hamas says 120 Gazans killed in Israeli bombings in last 24 hoursnot only in Khan Yunis, but also in Deir al Balah, Gaza City, or even in Rafah, the supposed safe zone at the southern end of the enclave.
In the destroyed Hamas base in Khan Younis, the Israeli Army found a weapons factory and a wide arsenal which includes anti-tank missiles, machine guns, RPGs, explosives, grenades and ammunition
“Upon entering the area, the forces identified that the complex was booby-trapped by Hamas terrorists, even camouflaged within the wallswhich were neutralized by engineering forces,” indicated a military statement.
The Israeli Army also reported that soldiers from the Parachute Brigade have intensified fighting in recent days in the Al Amal area, in western Khan Younis, where Hamas militiamen are hiding, and where they have found weapons, entrances to underground tunnels, observation posts and weapons factories.
In the area is the hospital of the same name, under siege for almost two weeks, and where the Palestinian Red Crescent, which runs the center, says there have been alleged attacks and the impossibility of ambulance access.
