Step back does not make Israel – requires the release of all hostages to declare a ceasefire in Gaza

The release of “all hostages” held for the 684th day in the Gaza Strip is still demanding that Israel continues, as its source in Israeli government said on Tuesday 19/8 at the French Agency in the Israeli government, following the submission of a new proposal by the mediators. After 22 months of war, the Palestinian Islamist movement announced on Monday that it has accepted the proposal of mediators – Katar, Egypt, US – for a 60 -day ceasefire that will be accompanied by the release of hostages in two stages. Israel has not changed its policy and continues to “require the liberation” of all hostages “according to the principles designated by the government (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) to end the war,” the Israeli government added. “We are in the final, decisive phase (of the war) against Hamas and we will not leave any hostages behind,” the source added, pending. […]
Source: News Beast

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