Sébastien Le Belzic, edited by Philippe Folgado // Photo credit: JACK GUEZ / AFP
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9:55 a.m., December 2, 2023
24 hours after the resumption of fighting, Israel and Hamas accuse each other of having failed negotiations for an extension of the truce. The two sides are at odds over the issue of hostages yet to be released and the handover of the bodies of hostages believed to have died in Israeli strikes.
24 hours after the resumption of fighting, Hamas and Israel mutually blame each other for the failure to extend the truce, recognizing in particular that they did not agree on the list of hostages to be released. Around twenty adult women are still being held in Gaza, including five IDF soldiers.
Several countries are trying to negotiate a new truce
For its part, Hamas indicated, in a press release, that it had proposed an exchange of prisoners as well as the handover to Israel of the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel, four years old, and Kfir, ten months old, who would have died. in Gaza. For its part, Israel accuses Hamas of having fired first by resuming its strikes on the Hebrew state.
The Israeli government also made no secret of its desire to continue the war and put an end to Hamas, according to the Israeli Minister of Defense, who speaks of a “just war for the future of Israel.” The United States, Egypt and Qatar are still trying to negotiate a new truce. But one day after the resumption of fighting, Israel and Hamas are not ready to give up their weapons.