Islamic Jihad, a smaller militant group allied to Hamas, stated a delegation led by its exiled chief Ziad al-Nakhlala was in Cairo on Sunday. His arrival adopted talks attended by Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in latest days.
The militant teams have to this point stated they will not discuss any release of hostages except Israel ends its battle in Gaza, whereas the Israelis say they’re keen to debate solely a short lived pause in combating.
The Cairo talks would centre on “methods to finish the Israeli aggression on our individuals”, stated an Islamic Jihad official.
The delegation would reaffirm the group’s place that any change of hostages must safe the discharge of all Palestinians jailed in Israel, “after a ceasefire is achieved”, the official stated.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad, each sworn to Israel’s destruction, are nonetheless believed to be holding greater than 100 hostages from among 240 they captured during their Oct 7 rampage via Israeli cities, after they killed 1,200 individuals.
Since then, Israel has besieged the Gaza Strip and laid a lot of it to waste, with greater than 20,400 individuals confirmed killed, in keeping with authorities in Hamas-ruled Gaza, and 1000’s extra are believed lifeless below the rubble. The overwhelming majority of the two.3 million Gazans have been pushed from their houses and the United Nations says situations are catastrophic.