Hamas says open to 5-year Gaza truce, one-time hostages release

Hamas is unfastened to an statement to extremity the warfare successful Gaza that would spot each hostages released and unafraid a five-year truce, an authoritative said Saturday up of talks with mediators.

A Hamas delegation was successful Cairo to sermon with Egyptian mediators ways retired of the 18-month war, arsenic connected the crushed rescuers said an Israeli onslaught connected a household location successful Gaza City killed astatine slightest 10 radical and near much feared buried nether the rubble.

The Hamas official, speaking to AFP connected information of anonymity, said the Palestinian militant radical "is acceptable for an speech of prisoners successful a azygous batch and a truce for 5 years".

The latest bid to seal a ceasefire follows an Israeli connection which Hamas had rejected earlier this period arsenic "partial", calling alternatively for a "comprehensive" statement to halt the warfare ignited by the group's October 7, 2023 onslaught connected Israel.

The Israeli connection included a 45-day ceasefire successful speech for the instrumentality of 10 surviving hostages.

Hamas has consistently demanded that a truce woody indispensable pb to an extremity to the war, a afloat Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a surge successful humanitarian assistance into the besieged territory -- wherever connected Friday the United Nations warned nutrient stocks were moving out.

Israel, for its part, demands the instrumentality of each hostages seized successful the 2023 attack, and Hamas's disarmament, which the radical has rejected arsenic a "red line".

More than a period into a renewed Israeli violative successful Gaza aft a two-month truce, a Hamas authoritative said earlier this week that its delegation successful Cairo would sermon "new ideas" connected a ceasefire.

- 'The location collapsed' -

In Gaza City, successful the territory's north, the civilian defence bureau said a onslaught connected the Al-Khour household location killed 10 people, with an estimated 20 much trapped successful the debris.

Umm Walid al-Khour, who survived the attack, said that "everyone was sleeping with their children" erstwhile the onslaught hit.

"The location collapsed connected apical of us," she told AFP.

"Those who survived cried for assistance but cipher came... Most of the deceased were children."

Elsewhere successful the city, 3 radical were killed successful Israeli shelling of a location successful the Al-Shati exile camp, civilian defence authoritative Mohammed al-Mughayyir said.

More strikes crossed the Gaza Strip killed 4 others.

There was nary contiguous remark from the Israeli military.

Qatar, the United States and Egypt brokered 1 truce which began connected January 19 and enabled a surge successful aid, alongside exchanges of hostages and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

But it collapsed amid disagreements implicit the presumption of the ceasefire's adjacent stage.

After blocking assistance during the impasse successful negotiations, Israel resumed bombarding Gaza connected March 18, followed by a crushed offensive.

- Low connected food, aesculapian supplies -

Since then, according to the wellness ministry successful the Hamas-run territory, astatine slightest 2,111 Palestinians person been killed, taking the wide warfare decease toll successful Gaza to 51,495 people.

The Hamas onslaught connected October 7, 2023 that triggered the warfare resulted successful the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based connected authoritative Israeli figures.

Militants besides abducted 251 people, 58 of whom are inactive held successful Gaza, including 34 the Israeli subject says are dead.

Israel says the renewed subject run aims to unit Hamas to escaped the remaining captives.

On Friday, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) -- 1 of the main providers of nutrient assistance successful the Palestinian territory -- said it had "delivered its past remaining nutrient stocks to blistery meals kitchens successful the Gaza Strip".

It said "these kitchens are expected to afloat tally retired of nutrient successful the coming days".

Following the WFP warning, the World Health Organization's main said aesculapian supplies were besides "running out" successful Gaza portion 16 WHO trucks hold to enter.

"This assistance blockade indispensable end. Lives beryllium connected it", Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said connected X.

Despite warnings from assistance agencies and overseas governments, Israel has denied determination is hunger successful Gaza and says blocking assistance is meant to unit Hamas into releasing hostages.

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