{"id":2268011,"date":"2024-06-14T15:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T19:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-doesnt-have-any-idea-how-many-israeli-hostages-are-alive\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:46:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T19:46:01","slug":"hamas-doesnt-have-any-idea-how-many-israeli-hostages-are-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-doesnt-have-any-idea-how-many-israeli-hostages-are-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas is unsure about the number of Israeli hostages still alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-doesnt-have-any-idea-how-many-israeli-hostages-are-alive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2268011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Osama Hamdan, a spokesperson for Hamas and a member of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-ramps-up-strikes-on-top-palestinian-terrorists-targets-homes-destroys-terrorist-bank\/\" title=\"Israel Ramps Up Strikes On Top Palestinian Terrorists: Targets Homes, Destroys Terrorist Bank\">political bureau<\/a>, stated in\u200b an \u200binterview that \u2063the group does not have\u2064 information on\u200b how many of the approximately 120 Israeli \u2062hostages still held in Gaza are alive. \u200dAdditionally, Hamdan \u2062reiterated an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-and-big-techs-seismic-shift-to-the-left\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media and Big Tech\u2019s Seismic Shift to the Left\">unverified claim<\/a> by Hamas\u200b that an\u200b Israeli rescue\u200b operation, \u200bwhich successfully \u2062liberated four hostages, \u2063resulted\u200c in\u2063 the deaths of \u2062three others who were abducted on October 7. Initially, \u2063Hamas had\u2062 taken around 250 people\u2063 hostage during a terrorist attack on \u2063October 7, releasing about half \u200bof them during a\u2064 ceasefire in late November. Since then, no \u2062additional \u200bhostages have\u2064 been freed by Hamas, and their current status remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding a\u2062 new ceasefire proposal,\u200c U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blink, mentioned that Hamas responded \u2064with \u200ba\u200b list of demands, some of which could be \u200dconsidered feasible, while others were not. \u2062This statement was made in Doha, Qatar, where \u200dBlinken indicated \u200dthat \u2064not all the\u2063 proposed changes by Hamas to \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-prices-soar-past-81-opec-wont-budge-from-gradual-supply-increase-despite-demand\/\" title=\"Oil Prices Soar Past , OPEC+ Won\u2019t Budge From Gradual Supply Increase Despite Demand\">existing deal<\/a> could be accepted, although the international community supports the deal.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Osama Hamdan, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> spokesman and political bureau member, claimed the group doesn\u2019t know how many of the roughly 120 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli<\/a> hostages still held in Gaza are still alive.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI don\u2019t have any idea about that. No one has an idea about this,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/13\/middleeast\/hamas-interview-israel-gaza-hostages-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a>. Hamdan also repeated the unproven Hamas claim that Israel\u2019s rescue operation that saved four hostages resulted in the deaths of three others who were kidnapped on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idf-recovers-bodies-of-three-hostages-killed-on-oct-7-from-gaza\/\" title=\"IDF retrieves bodies of three hostages slain in Gaza on Oct. 7\">roughly 250 people hostage<\/a> during the Oct. 7 terror attack, and about half of them were released during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-releases-video-of-4-israeli-teen-hostages\/\" title=\"Hamas shares video of 4 Israeli teens held captive\">week-long ceasefire<\/a> in late November. While Israeli forces have rescued a handful of hostages since then, Hamas has not released any of them. It\u2019s unclear how many are still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas responded to the most recent ceasefire proposal with a list of additional requirements, some more tenable than others, U.S. Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antony-blinken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Antony Blinken<\/a> said earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on what we saw last night, the response from Hamas, numerous changes\u00a0were proposed to the deal that was on the table and that the entire world has gotten behind. But some of those are workable things, some, as I said, are not,\u201d the secretary said in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t want to characterize it further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States, Egyptian, and Qatari governments have acted as mediators between Israel and Hamas, and officials are expected to communicate in the coming days about ways to potentially salvage the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Had Hamas agreed to the proposal, which Israel had already done, the first of three phases would\u2019ve commenced. The first phase, which will last about six weeks but could be extended, would include the cessation of fighting, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from populated areas, the release of Israeli women and children hostages, and the release of many more Palestinians held in Israeli detention.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas wants any ceasefire deal to include a provision permanently ending the war, whereas Israel wants to maintain its ability to resume its military objectives against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Hamdan, who has been part of the Hamas negotiations team, told CNN that they needed \u201ca clear position from Israel to accept the ceasefire, a complete withdrawal from Gaza, and let the Palestinians determine their future by themselves, the reconstruction, the (lifting) of the siege \u2026 and we are ready to talk about a fair deal about the prisoners exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the second phase of the proposed deal that Hamas didn\u2019t accept, Israeli forces would withdraw from the entire strip while all living Israeli hostages would be released. Many of the details regarding the second phase would be negotiated during phase one of the deal, and the first phase could be extended if negotiations are ongoing but the six-week time frame expires.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S., Egypt, and Qatar have desperately sought to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a second ceasefire deal for several months. Despite getting close at times, they have not been able to get any deal over the finish line since the first one.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osama Hamdan, a Hamas spokesman, stated that the group is unaware of how many of the approximately 120 Israeli hostages in Gaza are alive. &#8220;I don\u2019t have any idea about that. No one has an idea about this,&#8221; he said on CNN. 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