Hamas is seeking changes in the suggestion of the ceasefire in Gaza, but the American envoy calls it “unacceptable”: NPR

Tel Aviv, Israel – Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest suggestion of the ceasefire in the United States in Gaza, and a senior official in the group told the Associated Press on Saturday, but the American envoy Steve Witkeov called the Hamas Association “completely unacceptable.”

The last friction in the negotiations comes as the fighting approaches 20 months of war, and with the growth of despair between the hungry Palestinians and the hostages of the hostages in Gaza.

“The American guarantees, the timing of the hostage, the delivery of aid and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, said that the proposed amendments focusing on” American guarantees, the timing of the hostage, the delivery of aid and the withdrawal of Israeli forces. ” There were no details.

A separate statement from Hamas said that the proposal aims to stop a permanent shooting, the comprehensive Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and an auxiliary flow. She said that 10 live hostages will be released, and the bodies of 18 others will be released “in exchange for an agreed number of Palestinian prisoners.” There are still fifty -eight hostages and Israel believes that 35 died.

Witkoff described social media instead of a 60 -day ceasefire deal that would liberate half of the living hostages in Gaza and return half of those who died. He urged Hamas to accept the framework proposal as a basis for the talks, which he said could start next week.

Israeli officials have agreed to the American suggestion for a temporary ceasefire. US President Donald Trump said the negotiators were approaching a deal.

Bassim Nayem, one of the senior Hamas officials, accused Israel of different agreed judgments and claimed “a complete bias towards the other side”, which he said violated the integrity of mediation.

“We want to stop the bloodshed,” said Motsim, a refugee camp in Gaza in central Gaza. “I swear to God, we are tired.”

Despair rises inside Gaza

The United Nations Food Program, where the Palestinians in Gaza prevented and unloaded 77 food trucks. Linguistic programming said that the aid, most of them from flour, were taken before the trucks reached their destination.

A witness in the southern city of Khan Yunis, a spokesman, provided that his identity was not disclosed for fear of revenge, that AP, the United Nations convoy stopped at a temporary road checkpoint and was unloaded by desperate civilians.

The siege for nearly three months on Gaza has pushed more than 2 million to the brink of starvation. While Israel has allowed some aid to enter in recent days, relief organizations say they are far from enough.

The Israeli Military Authority, which is responsible for coordinating aid in Gaza, said that 579 trucks of aid entered last week. The United Nations said that 600 a day was under a former ceasefire that Israel had ended with a new bombing.

The British program program said that fear of hunger in Gaza is high. “We need to dump societies with food for the next few days to calm anxiety,” he said in a statement. He added that it contains more than 140,000 metric tons of food – which is enough to feed gas for two months – ready to arrive.

The United Nations said earlier this month that the Israeli authorities forced them to use unaccounted roads within the areas controlled by the Israeli army in the eastern regions of Rafah and Khan Yunis, where armed gangs are active and trucks stopped.

Attacks and gangs

A joint internal document with relief groups on security incidents, which AP saw, said that there are four facilities that are looted in three days at the end of May, including Saturday.

The United Nations says it has not been able to get enough help due to the fighting.

A new organization from the United States and Israeli -backed by its operations in Gaza began this week, and the distribution of food in many sites has started a chaotic start.

Israel says that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will eventually replace the aid process by the United Nations and others. She says the new mechanism is necessary, accusing Hamas from getting rid of large quantities of aid. The United Nations denies a large transformation.

GHF works with armed contractors, which it says is necessary to distribute food safely. Relief groups accused the basis of military aid. GHF said it had distributed 30 trucks of food on Saturday and described it as its largest distribution so far.

Israeli strikes kill at least 60

Israel continued its military campaign via Gaza, saying it hit dozens of targets during the past day. The Gaza Ministry of Health said that at least 60 people were killed by Israeli strikes during the past 24 hours.

The ministry said that three people were killed by the Israeli fire early on Saturday in Rafah. Three others – parents and a child – were killed when their car was hit in Gaza City. An Israeli kick hit another car in Gaza City, killing four. Wim Fares, a spokesman for Nasser Hospital, said that the Israeli strike hit a displaced tent in Khan Yunis, killing six.

The Israeli army said that many projectiles from Gaza fell in the open areas.

The war began when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took 250 hostages.

Israeli strikes have killed more than 54,000 Gaza residents, most of them women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which do not distinguish between civilians and fighters in their balance.

A group of hostages again defended a comprehensive ceasefire deal that would liberate everyone at the same time, saying that the remaining hostages “will not survive the continuous military pressure.”