Netanyahu hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza 'in the coming days'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said helium hopes to denote the merchandise of each hostages from Gaza "in the coming days," arsenic Israel and Hamas hole for indirect talks successful Egypt connected Monday connected a caller U.S. program to extremity the war.

In a little connection precocious Saturday, Netanyahu said helium has sent a delegation to Egypt "to finalize method details," adding that "our extremity is to incorporate these negotiations to a clip framework of a fewer days."

But Netanyahu signaled determination would not beryllium a afloat Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, thing Hamas has agelong demanded. He said Israel's subject volition proceed to clasp territories it controls successful Gaza, and that Hamas volition beryllium disarmed successful the plan's 2nd phase, diplomatically "or done a subject way by us."

The premier curate spoke aft Hamas said it had accepted immoderate elements of the U.S. plan. President Donald Trump welcomed the militant group's connection but connected Saturday warned that "Hamas indispensable determination quickly, oregon other each bets volition beryllium off."

Trump aboriginal said the ceasefire would statesman instantly erstwhile Hamas confirms the "initial withdrawal line" successful Gaza. A representation with his societal media station appeared to amusement overmuch of Gaza inactive unfastened to Israeli forces.

Trump has besides ordered Israel to halt bombing Gaza. Some successful Gaza City reported a notable easing of Israeli strikes Saturday, though infirmary officials said astatine slightest 22 radical were killed, including women and children.

Israel's service said leaders instructed it to hole for the U.S. plan's archetypal phase. Israel has moved to a defensive-only presumption successful Gaza and volition not actively strike, said an authoritative who was not authorized to talk to the media connected the record.

Still, an Israeli onslaught connected Gaza City's Tuffah vicinity killed astatine slightest 17 and injured 25 others, said Al-Ahli infirmary manager Fadel Naim. "The strikes are inactive ongoing," Naim said. Israel's subject said it struck a Hamas subordinate and "regrets immoderate harm caused to uninvolved civilians."

Shifa Hospital manager Mohamed Abu Selmiyah earlier Saturday said Israeli strikes killed 5 Palestinians crossed Gaza City.

Trump appears determined to present connected pledges to extremity the warfare and instrumentality each hostages up of Tuesday's 2nd day of the Hamas onslaught that sparked it connected Oct. 7, 2023. His connection has wide planetary support. On Friday, Netanyahu's bureau said Israel was committed to ending the war.

Monday's indirect talks are meant to hole the mode for the merchandise of hostages from Gaza and Palestinians from Israeli detention, mediator Egypt said.

A elder Egyptian authoritative said U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff volition question to Egypt to caput the U.S. negotiating team. The talks besides volition sermon maps showing the expected withdrawal of Israeli forces from definite areas successful Gaza, said the authoritative who spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that helium wasn't authorized to little the media.

The authoritative besides said Arab mediators are preparing for a broad dialog among Palestinians aimed astatine unifying their presumption toward Gaza's future. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Gaza's 2nd astir almighty militant group, said it accepted Hamas' effect aft rejecting the program days earlier.

Under the plan, Hamas would merchandise the remaining 48 hostages — astir 20 of them believed to beryllium live — wrong 3 days. It would springiness up powerfulness and disarm.

In return, Israel would halt its violative and retreat from overmuch of Gaza, merchandise hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and let an influx of humanitarian assistance and eventual reconstruction.

Hamas said it was consenting to merchandise the hostages and manus implicit powerfulness to different Palestinians, but that different aspects of the program necessitate further consultations among Palestinians. It didn't code the contented of Hamas demilitarizing.

Amir Avivi, a retired Israeli wide and president of Israel's Defense and Security Forum, said portion Israel tin spend to halt firing for a fewer days successful Gaza truthful the hostages tin beryllium released, it volition resume its violative if Hamas doesn't laic down its arms.

Others said that Hamas' presumption fundamentally remains unchanged. Its rhetoric "simply repackages aged demands successful softer language," said Oded Ailam, a researcher astatine the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.

Still, 2 vocal members of the right-wing bloc of Netanyahu's coalition, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, criticized the plan's advancement but didn't endanger to instantly permission the government.

And immoderate speakers astatine the ample play rally successful Tel Aviv implicit the warfare expressed a cautious anticipation not heard for months.

A radical representing immoderate hostages' families said the imaginable of seeing loved ones instrumentality "has ne'er been closer." They appealed to Trump to support pushing "with afloat force" and warned that "extremists connected some sides" volition effort to sabotage the plan.

Meanwhile, protests person erupted crossed Europe calling for the war's end.

Some Palestinians successful Gaza disquieted that talks volition interruption down again.

"We privation applicable implementation. We privation a truce connected the ground," said Sameer Qudeeh successful Khan Younis.

"I anticipation Hamas ends the war, due to the fact that we are genuinely tired," said Mohammad Shaat successful Khan Younis, arsenic anxious radical roamed the shattered streets.

On Saturday, Israel's service warned Palestinians against trying to instrumentality to Gaza City, calling it a "dangerous combat zone." Two residents said that since the morning, Israeli tanks and troops had not precocious but artillery shells and airstrikes were heard.

"We tin inactive spot the quadcopters everywhere," Mohamed al-Nashar said.

In confederate Gaza, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said its Saraya tract infirmary received 10 bodies and implicit 70 injured aft Israeli strikes connected Saturday afternoon.

Gaza's Health Ministry said the Palestinian decease toll successful the warfare has topped 67,000. The toll jumped aft the ministry said it added much than 700 names whose information had been verified.

The Health Ministry does not accidental however galore were civilians oregon combatants. It says women and children marque up astir fractional the dead. The ministry is portion of the Hamas-run government, and the U.N. and galore autarkic experts see its figures to beryllium the astir reliable estimation of wartime casualties.