12/5/2025–|Last update: 02:16 (Mecca time)
The Israeli reactions to the news of direct negotiations between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the United States were pursued, especially after the movement announced its intention to release the American -Israeli soldier Alexander Alexander.
The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted the families of prisoners in Gaza as saying that it turned out that the government of Israel has nothing to do with the restoration of its kidnappers.
The families emphasized that the war will not restore the kidnapped, and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must end the war and restore all the kidnapped.
In the same context, opposition leader Yair Labid said that news of these negotiations reflects a fatal political failure to the government of Israel and its head.
Lapid considered that the release of the American -Israeli citizen Idan Alexander should be the beginning of a comprehensive deal that restores all the kidnappers.
As for the leader of the Israeli Democrats, Yair Golan, he stated that Netanyahu actually abandoned his citizens and left them to the mercy of foreign powers, so everyone must be returned now.
For his part, the leader of the State Camp Party, Beni Gantz, said that it is time for the prime minister to bear the responsibility of returning and actually the kidnappers to return the kidnappers.
High positive
Hamas has announced that it had contacted the US administration during the past days, and that it has shown high positive.
Hamas said that it would release the Israeli -Israeli -American soldier, Idan Alexander, as part of the ceasefire steps, open crossings, and the introduction of aid.
The movement affirmed its willingness to start immediately in extensive negotiations to reach a final agreement to stop the war, exchange prisoners and manage the Gaza Strip from an independent professional authority, along with reconstruction and ending the siege.
The movement valued the efforts made by the brokers in Qatar, Egypt and Turkey.
In the same context, the Netanyahu office said that the United States informed Israel with the intention of Hamas, the release of the soldier Alexander Alexander, as a goodwill gesture to the Americans without any compensation or conditions.
Netanyahu’s office added that the United States informed Israel, that this step is expected to lead to negotiations to release the prisoners, according to the plan of the original American envoy Steve Witkev, which Israel accepted.
The office affirmed Israel’s readiness for the possibility of implementing this step. He said that the negotiations will take place under fire with a commitment to achieve all the goals of the war in accordance with the Israeli policy.
In the first American comment on the Hamas Declaration, the Washington Entrepreneurship Envoy, Adam Bouler, said that Hamas’s decision “the release of an American represents a positive step forward” and demanded that the bodies of 4 other Americans be released.
For its part, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Qatar and Egypt welcome the announcement of Hamas, its approval to release an American hostage that was detained.
She added that Qatar and Egypt are considering the Hamas step with a good -intention and step that is encouraging to return the parties to the ceasefire negotiations, and they confirm their efforts in the mediation file in coordination with Washington to prepare for a comprehensive calm.
