Hamas delegation leaves Cairo after talks with Egyptian intelligence director

“She confirmed”agitationThe movement wanted to “make these efforts successful and end the aggression against the Palestinian people.”

Hamas has established contact with factions holding Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip Gaza Since the attack on October 7, 2023, an accurate census of them, whether they are alive or dead, has been requested, as confirmed by sources within the factions.

These sources belonging to Palestinian factions holding Israeli hostages told Agence France-Presse on condition of anonymity that “Hamas has asked factions such as Jihad, the Popular Front and the Popular Resistance Committees to prepare a file on their Israeli prisoners with all the details regarding the condition living prisoners and the bodies of those who died.”

The sources said these arrangements were “to ensure the readiness of Hamas and the resistance factions in the event that a prisoner exchange and cease-fire agreement is reached.”

War broke out in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, following a Hamas attack on Israel Which resulted in the killing of 1,207 people, mostly civilians, according to Agence France-Presse, based on official Israeli data.

This figure includes hostages who were killed or died while in custody in the Palestinian Strip.

During the attack, 251 people were kidnapped from inside Israel, and 97 are still in custody in the Gaza Strip, including 34 people who were announced. Israeli army They were killed.

On the Palestinian side, at least 44,708 people have been killed, most of them civilians, since the start of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, according to data from the Hamas Health Ministry.

Israel and Hamas reached a unique truce in the Gaza war for a week in late November 2023, allowing the release of more than 100 hostages to meet Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.