Camille Naredo

Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. Eyad Baba, AFP/File

Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. The Israeli military said the two freed hostages had now crossed into Israeli territory after they were released by Hamas on February 1. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

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GAZA

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1746621815401AFP__20250201__36WQ77V__v2__Preview__TopshotPalestinianIsraelConflictHostage.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. Eyad Baba, AFP/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. <em>Eyad Baba, AFP/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories -- Hamas insisted Wednesday on a &quot;comprehensive&quot; agreement to end its war with Israel, as rescuers said Israeli bombardment of Gaza killed at least 26 people amid a growing humanitarian catastrophe.</p><p>A two-month ceasefire in the war collapsed in March, with Israel resuming intense strikes and imposing a total aid blockade on the Palestinian territory.</p><p>Israel demands the return of all hostages seized in Hamas&#x27;s unprecedented October 2023 attack and Hamas&#x27;s disarmament, which the group has rejected as a &quot;red line&quot;.</p><p>Hamas has consistently demanded that a truce deal must lead to the war&#x27;s end, a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a surge in humanitarian aid.</p><p>&quot;Hamas and the resistance factions insist on reaching a comprehensive agreement and a full package to end the war and aggression, along with a roadmap for the day after,&quot; political bureau member Bassem Naim told AFP Wednesday.</p><p>&quot;There are desperate attempts ahead of (US President Donald) Trump&#x27;s visit to the region... to force through a partial deal that would return some Israeli captives in exchange for a limited number of days of food and water -- without any guarantees from any party to actually end the war,&quot; he said.</p><p>Trump is due in the Gulf next week for talks with the heads of state of powerful monarchies.</p><p>Israel this week drew widespread condemnation over its plans for an expanded Gaza offensive, which an official said would entail the &quot;conquest&quot; of the Palestinian territory.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/5/5/israel-cabinet-approves-plan-for-gaza-conquest-2108">READ: Israel cabinet approves plan for Gaza &#x27;conquest&#x27;</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/26/hamas-says-open-to-5-year-truce-one-time-hostages-release-2101">READ: Hamas says open to 5-year truce, one-time hostages release</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>- &#x27;We die of hunger&#x27; -</strong></div><p>Before that phase begins, a senior Israeli security source had said that the timing of troop deployments allowed a &quot;window of opportunity&quot; for a possible hostage deal coinciding with Trump&#x27;s Middle East trip.</p><p>&quot;We want to try and get as many hostages saved as possible,&quot; Trump said at the White House, without elaborating.</p><p>In Gaza, rescuers said strikes killed 26 people, 15 in a strike on a school.</p><p>&quot;Our teams retrieved 15 martyrs and 10 injured individuals after Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the Al-Karama school, which shelters displaced persons... in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City,&quot; spokesman Mahmud Basal told AFP.</p><p>He had earlier reported a toll of 11 killed in strikes on the territory.</p><p>One strike hit a house in the southern city of Khan Yunis, where eight members of the Al-Qidra family were killed and 12 wounded, Bassal said.</p><p>The ages of the dead ranged from two to 54, he added.</p><p>AFP footage from Khan Yunis&#x27;s Nasser Hospital showed wounded children crying on hospital beds while bodies covered in blankets arrived in ambulances.</p><p>&quot;They were sleeping and the house collapsed on them,&quot; said Abir Shehab, adding her brother had been killed.</p><p>&quot;We die of hunger, we die of war, we die of fear, we die of everything, and the whole world stands by and watches us die,&quot; she said.</p><p>Israel&#x27;s military did not immediately comment on the strikes.</p><div><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/5/4/israel-calls-up-tens-of-thousands-of-reservists-for-gaza-offensive-0819">READ: Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>- &#x27;More deaths and injuries&#x27; -</strong></div><div><br/><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6dzfABXjAJY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Wednesday at least 2,545 people have been killed since Israel resumed its campaign, bringing the war&#x27;s overall toll to 52,653.</p><p>Hamas&#x27;s October 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.</p><p>Militants also abducted 251 people, 58 of whom are still being held in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.</p><p>On Tuesday, Hamas said it was pointless to continue ceasefire talks with Israel, accusing it of waging a &quot;hunger war&quot; on Gaza.</p><p>France&#x27;s President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that the situation in Gaza was &quot;the most critical we have ever seen&quot;.</p><p>In Madrid, Spain, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway and Slovenia in a joint statement said they &quot;firmly reject any demographic or territorial change in Gaza&quot;.</p><p>UN rights chief Volker Turk voiced concerns Wednesday that Israel&#x27;s plans to expand its offensive aim to create conditions threatening Palestinians&#x27; &quot;continued existence&quot; in Gaza.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/5/7/three-more-hostages-held-by-hamas-have-died-trump-1007">READ: Three more hostages held by Hamas have died -- Trump</a></div><p>&quot;There is no reason to believe that doubling down on military strategies, which, for a year and eight months, have not led to a durable resolution, including the release of all hostages, will now succeed,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Instead, expanding the offensive on Gaza will almost certainly cause further mass displacement, more deaths and injuries of innocent civilians, and the destruction of Gaza&#x27;s little remaining infrastructure.&quot;</p><p>Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Mustafa, not affiliated to Hamas, urged the world to put a stop to the &quot;deliberate humanitarian crime&quot; of famine, which he said was being perpetrated in Gaza.</p><p>&quot;We appeal to the conscience of humanity. Do not let the children of Gaza starve to death,&quot; he said.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Hamas insisted Wednesday on a "comprehensive" agreement to end its war with Israel, as rescuers said Israeli bombardment of Gaza killed at least 26 people amid a growing humanitarian catastrophe.</p>

Hamas insisted Wednesday on a "comprehensive" agreement to end its war with Israel, as rescuers said Israeli bombardment of Gaza killed at least 26 people amid a growing humanitarian catastrophe.

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Hamas insists on 'comprehensive' deal to end Gaza war

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