Fierce battles were raging today at Gaza Strips, with the Hamas Health Ministry announcing that at least 140 people were killed by overnight strikes in Khan Younis, Gaza City and other areas of the Palestinian enclave. Among the dead are 20 members of the Al Mutui family who were hit by an airstrike, according to the same source.

The Israeli army also announced that its soldiers, supported by tanks, “confronted and killed dozens of armed terrorists in battles in central Gaza” where significant quantities of weapons were found.

Since the start of the war on October 7, 2023 – in retaliation for a bloody attack by Hamas that killed an estimated 1,140 people – Israel has launched an extensive military operation in Gaza that has claimed the lives of 26,422 people, the majority of them women, children and teenagers , according to yesterday’s report released by the Hamas Health Ministry.

In front of them negotiationsthe meeting yesterday Sunday in Paris between American, Egyptian, Qatari and Israeli officials for a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages from Hamas was described as “constructive” , but Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office pointed out that they “remain various» between the parties involved.

According to Israeli authorities, 132 hostages are still held in the Gaza Strip, of which 28 it is believed to be dead.

As reported by the New York Times, the draft agreementit concerns truce of two months and release of all hostageswith in return of the liberation of Palestinians held in Israel.

From the side of Hamas – repeating her position afterward from a meeting between Israel and negotiators from Qatar and Egypt – said today that freeing the hostages would require a guaranteed fee to the Israeli attack on Gaza and the withdrawal of all invading forces.

“The success of the Paris meeting depends on the agreement of the occupying power [του Ισραήλ] to stop the general assault on the Gaza Strip,” Sami Abu Zohri, a senior Hamas official, told Reuters.

It is not yet clear whether, if that condition is met, Hamas would release all or some of the 132 hostages that Israel says remain in Gaza. Hamas has previously said that releasing all the hostages would require Israel to release all the thousands of Palestinians held for security reasons in its prisons.