Hamas has reportedly instructed other Palestinian terrorist groups to identify all Israeli hostages in its captivity, the first sign of a serious move toward hostage trafficking in recent months. It has become.
President-elect Donald Trump warned earlier this month that “there will be hell” if Hamas does not release the remaining 100 Israeli hostages, including several Americans. This threat involves behind-the-scenes diplomacy and appears to be gaining attention in the region.
era of israel reported Sunday:
Officials from the Palestinian terror group in the Gaza Strip say Hamas has instructed them to collect information on the hostages they are holding in preparation for a ceasefire and hostage agreement with Israel.
Hamas has instructed its various factions, including the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front and the Popular Committees of Resistance, to prepare information on the hostages' lives and deaths, sources told AFP. [Agence France-Presse].
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Qatar's prime minister yesterday said there was renewed “momentum” for a ceasefire and hostage release deal following the election of Donald Trump in the United States.
President Trump's chosen envoys have already traveled back and forth between Israel and Qatar, even asking Qatar to temporarily recall Hamas representatives from Turkey to Doha to negotiate a hostage deal. are. In this respect, President-elect Trump is already fulfilling his role as a sitting president and conducting his own foreign policy.
In 2016, similar diplomacy was undertaken by the incoming Trump administration to weaken United Nations moves against Israel, but the outgoing Obama administration decided to have a private citizen conduct diplomacy on behalf of Michael Flynn, a candidate for national security adviser. It was used as a pretext to be investigated for violating the Logan Act, which prohibits of the United States.
Given Biden and Harris' interest in the hostage trade, there appears to be no such intervention this time, but there could still be political fallout.
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