NewStats: 3,259,645 , 8,170,641 topics. Date: Sunday, 25 May 2025 at 06:04 PM 2s4v25

Hamas has proposed releasing more hostages under a new Gaza ceasefire deal, after new negotiations were held on Saturday. The talks began hours after Israel's military launched a major new offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas has agreed to release nine hostages in exchange for a 60-day truce and Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners, a Palestinian official told the BBC.

The official said the new proposed deal would also allow the entry of 400 aid trucks a day, and the evacuation of medical patients from Gaza. Israel, in turn, has demanded proof of life and detailed information about all remaining hostages.

The new round of ceasefire talks is being held through Qatari and US mediators in Doha, and began on Saturday afternoon local time.

Israel is yet to respond publicly to the proposed deal, but said prior to the talks that it would not withdraw troops from Gaza or commit to an end to the war

The proposal would not include these elements, the BBC understands.

Israel's military announced the launch of a new offensive named "Operation Gideon's Chariots" earlier on Saturday, amid the deadliest wave of strikes in Gaza in months.

At least 300 people have been killed since Thursday, rescuers say, including at hospitals and refugee camps in the north and south of the Strip.

Thousands have died since Israel resumed strikes on 18 March, following the collapse of a fragile ceasefire which lasted two months.

Aid agencies say Gaza's grievous humanitarian situation has also worsened, as Israel has been blocking supplies of food and other aid from entering the territory for 10 weeks.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month promised a major military escalation in the war to occupy and control swathes of Gaza, force the Palestinian population to the south of the territory, and "destroy" Hamas.

Speaking from inside Gaza, journalist Ghada Al Qurd told the BBC's Newshour programme there had been lots of "airstrikes, shellings, drones, shooting and even exploding, in the north and east."

"It's terrifying and horrible," she said.

She said her family had only been having one meal a day, due to the scarcity and spiralling cost, and accused Israel of "using food as a weapon" - an allegation UN officials have also made in recent weeks.

Aid agencies have warned about the risk of famine among Gaza's 2.1 million population, as footage and s emerge of emaciated children suffering malnutrition under the Israeli blockade.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that "a lot of people were starving" in Gaza. The Israeli government has repeatedly rejected claims there is a food shortage in Gaza.

Victoria Rose, a British reconstructive surgeon working at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that her team were "exhausted" and staff had lost a "considerable amount of weight".

"The children are really thin," she said. "We've got a lot of youngsters whose teeth have fallen out.

"A lot of them have quite significant burn injuries and with this level of malnutrition they're so much more prone to infection and they've got so much less capacity to heal."

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said on 5 May that Israel was preparing an "intense entry into Gaza" to capture and hold territory, but that it would not commence until Trump completed his tour of the Middle East. He left the region on Friday.

That day, residents across northern and central Gaza were told to leave their homes or places of shelter - an order aid workers say is almost impossible because many have already been repeatedly made homeless during the war.

The IDF said on Saturday it wouldn't stop operating "until Hamas is no longer a threat and all our hostages are home" and that it had "struck over 150 terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip" in the preceding 24 hours.

Strikes on Saturday hit towns in the north of Gaza, including Beit Lahiya and the Jabalia refugee camp, as well as in the southern city of Khan Younis, the Hamas-run health ministry and civil defence forces said.

Thousands of Israeli troops, including soldiers and reservists, could enter Gaza as the operation ramps up in the coming days. Israeli tanks have also been seen at the border, Reuters news agency reported.

The intensified offensive has been condemned by the UN and some European leaders.

Commissioner-General of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) Philippe Lazzarini expressed shock at Israel's military operation, saying: "How many more Palestinian lives will be wiped off from their homeland by bombardments, hunger or lack of medical care?"

"Atrocities are becoming a new norm, under our watch, making the unbearable bearable with indifference," he said.

Following the new strikes, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, and Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani all called for a permanent ceasefire, while 's Foreign Ministry said the new offensive risked "worsening the catastrophic humanitarian situation for Gaza's population and the remaining hostages".

Israel launched a military campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group's cross-border attack on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage. Hamas still holds 58 hostages.

At least 53,000 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry, including more than 3,000 people since March.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7geg3lvz1o

Pikin may say he mama no go sleep, himself no go sleep

Release all the hostages and let there be peace in Gaza

Hamas is bad

It's like postponing the war

No need for some. Israel should insist on unconditional release of all hostages at once. Let the carnage stop once and for all.

Bear in mind, when Islamist terrorists offer negotiations or propose any kind of deal, it’s a sign that you’re hitting them hard. At that very moment, you must reject their offer outright, because it’s merely a tactic to buy time to regroup and rearm.

That is precisely the time to press your advantage and crush them completely.

TERRORISTS are panting and Shaking!!

Hamas has until midnight on Sunday to reach a deal. If no agreement is signed by then, ground operations will commence on Monday, as planned.

Meanwhile,

Never before in the history of the United Nations was a country ATTACKED by TERRORISTS armies on seven fronts and then labeled by the UN as the aggressor.


Despite all the noises and Gang up against ISRAEL, ISRAEL continues to be Victorious, Pounding TERRORISTS, Disappointing and Exposing Antisemites and Haters, Shattering their Hope's and Delivering them to the Virgin Quaters in Hell.

UPDATED ELIMINATION TRACKER ❌

Since October 7th:

35/54 Gaza leadership have been ELIMINATED and Virginized❌

God bless Netanyahu. God bless America.
The brain that 30,000 pounds GPU Bunker busting guided bombs cannot reset does not exist.

Hehehe.

Israel really have antidote for terrorists .

Israel should continue to press their neck. They will regret carrying such a callous attack ever again in their lives.

They should continue the offensive approach, because that is the only language terrorists understand.

Na craze dey cure craze, fire for fire . Diplomacy na scam 👌. They should release all or be shelled.
Seems like 72 virgins na scam, they no one die again 🤷

Really

Go IDF

Go Netanyahu

Go Umuchineke



Victory belongs to God Almighty

Stop the war

madridguy SinWAR still dey oo

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Hehehe.

Israel really have antidote for terrorists .

Israel should continue to press their neck. They will regret carrying such a callous attack ever again in their lives.

Isrealis wey no dey gree for themselves, na terrorist them go play with 💣

Israel reigns forever

Anguldi:


Isrealis wey no dey gree for themselves, na terrorist them go play with 💣

They thought Israel is and UK wa da pamper them .

No turning the cheek when you slap Israel. You get knocked out. They'll bring an AK 47 to a knife fight.

People are beginning to forget about this war and it'll be very bad for hamas and Palestinians.

I sincerely don't think the two Israeli and Palestinians can live peacefully without bloodshed.

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Release all hostages and end this war

Interesting

Werey don collect

That aside, oga Seun, very soon we will leave nairaland for you and your bots

Any small thing ban! This is ruining the vibes of nairaland

They are mad. Hamas would have stopped this conflict if they released all the hostages but no, they want to continue the war. Those that will criticize Israel, can you explain why you never see or hear the number of Hamas fighters killed on news. It's always only women and children. Is it only women and children that populate Gaza?

Wetin black man dey do for gaza? (The picture above)

Hamas the proposer


You don collect wotowoto.


Na body go tell you.