{"id":1647,"date":"2025-07-09T21:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/hamas-agrees-to-release-10-captives-as-israeli-attacks-kill-74-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T21:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:39:05","slug":"hamas-agrees-to-release-10-captives-as-israeli-attacks-kill-74-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/hamas-agrees-to-release-10-captives-as-israeli-attacks-kill-74-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas agrees to release 10 captives as Israeli attacks kill 74 in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hamas says it has agreed to release 10 Israeli captives as part of continuing efforts to reach a ceasefire in the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, but warned that ongoing talks for a truce were \u201ctough\u201d due to Israel\u2019s \u201cintransigence\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Palestinian group said on Wednesday that the ceasefire talks, spearheaded by key mediators Qatar and the United States and held in the Qatari capital Doha, have several sticking points, including the flow of desperately needed aid, withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and \u201cgenuine guarantees for a permanent ceasefire\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hamas official Taher al-Nunu said the group agreed to\u00a0the latest truce proposal<\/a>\u00a0and \u201coffered the necessary flexibility to protect our people, stop the crime of genocide, and allow the free and dignified entry and flow of aid to our people until we reach a complete end to the war\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added that the areas Israeli troops should withdraw to as part of the first phase of a ceasefire had to be drawn up in a way that does not affect Palestinian lives and \u201cpaves the way for the second phase of negotiations\u201d.<\/p>\n

The comments come as Israeli forces continued to pound various parts of the enclave<\/a>, killing at least 74 people on Wednesday, eight of whom died while waiting for GHF aid.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, this has become the norm: characterised by the ongoing bombardment and forced starvation and dehydration. People are getting killed trying to get food,\u201d Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said.<\/p>\n

The number of Palestinians killed at the US- and Israeli-backed GHF sites has surpassed 770, according to Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom day one of GHF operations there\u2019s been an orgy of killing either by the Israeli military or the documented incident of GHF officers opening fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

The killings also come as health officials once again plead for the entry of much-needed fuel as hospitals are on the verge of collapse and patients\u2019 lives are at risk.<\/p>\n

Nasser Hospital, the main health facility in southern Gaza, issued a desperate warning as its fuel supplies run dry, saying it has entered \u201cthe crucial and final hours\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the fuel counter nearing zero, doctors have entered the battle to save lives in a race against time, death, and darkness,\u201d the hospital said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey work in operating rooms without air conditioning, the boiling heat, their faces are sweating, their bodies are weary of hunger and fatigue. But their eyes are still burning with hope and determination.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaza\u2019s already battered healthcare system has repeatedly come under Israeli attack throughout the assault. Hospitals and clinics have been bombed or damaged, medical staff killed<\/a> or forced to flee, and vital supplies cut off.<\/p>\n

\u2018Quake bombs\u2019<\/h2>\n

The World Health Organization (WHO) says there have been more than 600 attacks on health facilities in Gaza since the conflict began in 2023.<\/p>\n

The besieged health sector is \u201con its knees\u201d with severe shortages of fuel and medical supplies, and the constant influx of mass casualties.<\/p>\n

Just 18 of Gaza\u2019s 36 general hospitals are partially functioning, according to the UN agency.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump, who has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, said there is a \u201cvery good chance\u201d of a ceasefire in Gaza this week or next.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Israel\u2019s military chief Eyal Zamir said in a televised speech that \u201cconditions have been created\u201d for the advancement of a deal that is set to see the release of 10 captives \u2013 and the bodies of nine others.<\/p>\n

Despite the prospects of a possible ceasefire, Israel has launched a barrage of missiles targeting densely populated residential areas in Gaza City.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera\u2019s Mahmoud said an estimated 20 bombs were dropped on buildings in the Tuffah neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese were \u2018quake bombs\u2019, they shook the buildings,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Israeli forces also launched another major assault in battered northern Gaza, specifically Beit Hanoon, after five Israeli soldiers were killed<\/a> in a surprise Hamas attack on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The army has in recent days issued numerous forced evacuation orders for residents of northern Gaza, an area that has come under repeated ground and aerial assault throughout this deadly war.<\/p>\n

This includes Shati refugee camp, an area in the north of Gaza that was struck overnight in an attack that killed at least 30 people.<\/p>\n

A local, Mohamed Jouda, recounted the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were sitting at home, around midnight. Suddenly, the house collapsed on everyone inside \u2013 children, adults, and elderly people in their 70s and 80s,\u201d Jouda told Al Jazeera as he sat on the rubble of his destroyed home.<\/p>\n

Another survivor, Ismail al-Bardawil, said the attack \u201cfelt like an earthquake\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cA whole neighbourhood collapsed,\u201d he said from the densely populated camp west of Gaza City, where structures are built right next to each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeven little kids died here. Over there, 10 more children. The only adult was an old man, around 70 years old. What was their fault?\u201d al-Bardawil said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hamas says it has agreed to release 10 Israeli captives as part of continuing efforts to reach a ceasefire in the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, but warned that ongoing talks for a truce were \u201ctough\u201d due to Israel\u2019s \u201cintransigence\u201d. The Palestinian group said on Wednesday that the ceasefire talks, spearheaded by key mediators Qatar … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}