The Israel-Hamas war|The attacks
Qatar: Hamas must find hostages to extend truce
The terrorist group Hamas is looking for around 40 women and children believed to be held hostage by other groups in Gaza, Qatar's prime minister told the Financial Times. Locating the hostages is considered a necessity in order to extend the ceasefire, which is now in its last day.
According to the Financial Times, the people in question are being held by other terrorist groups, gangs and civilians. Hamas has stated to Qatar that it did not take any hostages in connection with the terrorist attack on October 7. Instead, other groups in Gaza have been blamed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously said that it is conceivable to extend the cease-fire day by day, in exchange for the release of ten hostages for each day.
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The Israel-Hamas warThe reactions
Elon Musk in Israel - to meet relatives of hostages
Elon Musk will visit Israel on Monday for a meeting with the country's president Isaac Herzog. Among other things, they will discuss the increasing anti-Semitism on social media, several media reports.
Musk has been criticized for the tone of his social platform X becoming increasingly hateful and infected since he took over.
According to a statement from the president's office, relatives of people held hostage by terror-labeled Hamas will also attend the meeting. They must, according to the chancellery, tell about the pain and uncertainty they live under.
In September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Musk to work against anti-Semitism on X and to try to stop the "collective hatred" on the platform.
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The Israel-Hamas war|The attacks
Analysis: Israel risks losing control of the war
By prioritizing the hostages, Israel risks losing control of its military operation in Gaza. That assessment is made by military analyst Michael Clarke in Sky News.
He believes that the next step in the offensive will be more difficult to implement than anything else the army has done so far during the war.
- They will face real problems. The deal about the hostages is good, but forces them on the defensive, he says.
The BBC's Paul Adams writes that the battle for Gaza City is expected to continue for up to ten days after the ceasefire ends - then the IDF is expected to focus on the southern parts of the Gaza Strip. A high stakes game from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Adams writes:
"If Israel decides to do to southern Gaza what they have already done to the north, will the patience of the West - and the US - really be able to handle it?"
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