Five weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, yesterday the Israeli Defense Minister Joab Gallant argued that the Hamas “lost control of Gaza” and that its fighters “are fleeing south”.

Civilians are “looting Hamas bases” and “no longer trust the government (s.a. Hamas)” that controls the Palestinian enclave that is being pounded relentlessly by Israel, Gallad said in a video message broadcast by several television channels. .

In support of Gallad’s statements, the Israeli army marches into the city, occupying and destroying Hamas bases and structures from end to end.

Shortly before Gallad’s remarks, Israeli soldiers released photos showing them seizing the so-called “Hamas parliament” in Gaza City and raising the Israeli flag.

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Hamas gives 70 hostages for a 5-day ceasefire

Perhaps in a sign of the difficult position it has found itself in, Hamas told a group of mediators yesterday that it is ready to release up to 70 women and children held hostage in the Gaza Strip if a five-day ceasefire is declared, the spokesman for its armed wing said. organization, of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades.

The truce should include a ceasefire and allow humanitarian aid to be delivered everywhere in the Gaza Strip, he added.

The spokesman also said that an Israeli female soldier who was among the hostages was killed on November 9 by Israeli shelling.

The Israeli army confirms

The Israeli military today confirmed the identity of a female soldier held hostage by Hamas, after the Palestinian Islamist movement’s armed wing released a video showing the young captive.

“We stand by the Marciano family, whose daughter, Noah, was brutally kidnapped by the terrorist organization Hamas,” the Israeli military said in a statement released around midnight, confirming – for the first time – the identity of one of the approximately 240 hostages in the Gaza Strip after Hamas attacked Israeli territory on October 7.

Late Monday night, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released video of the female soldier reading a message in Hebrew, stating her name and military registration number and that she has been held in Gaza for four days.

“A representative of Chahal (s.s. of the Israeli army) went to the home of the family (Marciano) and informed them about the release of the video,” the Israeli armed forces said, accusing Hamas of “continuing to practice psychological terrorism and behave in an inhuman way (by releasing) photos and videos of the hostages.”

“We will use all means (…) to bring the hostages back to their homes,” they added in the text.

The armed wing of Hamas yesterday accused the Israeli army of “delaying and avoiding” fulfilling the conditions it set for it in negotiations mediated by Qatar. Furthermore, he assured that he is ready to proceed with the release of 70 women and children held hostage in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the declaration of a five-day ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave, with an audio message from Abu Ubaydah’s representative via Telegram.