Demonstrations in Tel Aviv to demand the release of prisoners held by the Palestinian resistance (French)
The American website Axios reported that the families of prisoners detained in the Gaza Strip are receiving better treatment in Washington than they are receiving in Tel Aviv, at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is disappointed with the White House.
Axios said that the families of prisoners detained by the Palestinian resistance who hold dual American and Israeli citizenship told Netanyahu that Washington treats them better than his government.
The website added that one of the prisoners' families asked Netanyahu to maintain good relations with Washington and US President Joe Biden.
Axios also quoted Netanyahu as saying that the United States is not putting enough pressure on Qatar in the prisoner talks, and that it could do more.
He said that Netanyahu is very disappointed that Washington renewed a contract regarding the American military base in Qatar.
On the other hand, Israeli Channel 13 said that a stormy discussion took place on the sidelines of the War Cabinet session yesterday, Thursday, but the session was canceled minutes before it was scheduled to take place.
The channel quoted a source close to Netanyahu that the reason for canceling the session was the inability of Defense Minister Yoav Galant to attend.
During the discussion, Minister in the War Council, Gadi Eisenkot, called for doing everything possible to conclude an agreement and return the detainees, while Netanyahu insisted that military pressure is the key to releasing the detainees, and rejected demands to expand the powers of the negotiating team, especially with regard to the return of residents to the northern Gaza Strip. .
The Hamas movement had previously said that the basic principles on which its vision of the negotiation file is based, which it presented to the mediators in Egypt and Qatar, are based on five main points: a ceasefire, an unconditional return of the displaced, the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation army from Gaza, and the entry of aid. Relief and reconstruction materials.
Source: Axios