Report: Israel Rejects Hamas’ Partial Hostage Deal, Wants Release of All Captives
“Israel remains consistent in its policy and demands the release of all 50 hostages.”
Israel on Tuesday rejected Hamas’ partial hostage deal, which offers to release only ten captives in return for a two-month ceasefire, the Israeli media reported, quoting a senior diplomat.
“Israel remains consistent in its policy and demands the release of all 50 hostages in accordance with the principles set by the security cabinet for ending the war, a senior diplomatic source said on Tuesday,” the Jerusalem Post reported.
More than 22 months after the October 7 terror attack, Hamas continues to hold 50 hostages, of which 20 are believed to be alive.
Israel demands the release of all 50 hostages, and will not leave any hostages behind, says a senior diplomatic official to i24NEWS @GuyAz
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) August 19, 2025
The statement by the senior Israeli official is consistent with the position stated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We will agree to an agreement only if all the hostages are released in one phase and according to our terms,” Prime Minister Netanyahu said on Sunday night.
The BBC on Tuesday cited a statement by Hamas, saying the terrorist “group and other Palestinian factions had approved a ceasefire proposal presented by Egyptian and Qatari mediators to their delegations in Cairo the previous day.”
The Hamas offer, backed by Qatar and Egypt, wants to stop an impending Israeli military offensive to capture the terrorist stronghold of Gaza City — where most of Gaza’s remaining terrorist forces are located and many hostages are thought to be held. “The plan was presented by Qatar and Egypt, which are trying to avert a major new Israeli offensive to occupy Gaza fully,” the British broadcaster added.
The Israel National News/Arutz Sheva reported:
A senior Israeli political official commented today (Tuesday) on Hamas’s proposal for a partial hostage-release deal.
“The policy of Israel is consistent and has not changed. Israel demands the release of all 50 hostages in accordance with the principles set by the Cabinet for ending the war,” the official said.
According to the diplomatic source, Israel will continue to act until all its objectives are achieved. “We are at the final stage of deciding Hamas’s fate and will leave no hostage behind,” he stated.
These remarks came after Hamas responded positively yesterday to a proposal for a partial hostage deal, which includes the release of ten living hostages and the return of the bodies of additional hostages, while the remaining hostages would remain in captivity. In exchange for the 10 living hostages, Israel would be required to release 140 terrorists serving life sentences and 60 terrorists serving sentences of 15 years or higher.
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s stance echoes a remark made by President Donald Trump on Monday that the hostages will only be freed “when Hamas is confronted and destroyed.”
“We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!! The sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Play to WIN, or don’t play at all!” he added.
Trump: We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!! pic.twitter.com/rW8EQSbH1b
— Amit Segal (@AmitSegal) August 18, 2025
While Hamas continues to torture and starve hostages, the Israeli military has been working to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza — created mainly by the enclave’s terrorist groups. According to the United Nations, nearly 90 percent of all aid trucks entering Gaza since mid-May have been looted or hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.
“Over the past few hours, 185 aid packages containing food for the residents of the Gaza Strip were airdropped by eight different countries,” the IDF said in a statement on Tuesday. “The IDF will continue to work in order to improve the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip, along with the international community, while refuting the false claims of deliberate starvation in Gaza.”
IDF eliminates terrorist who participated in kidnapping of Yarden Bibas
The IDF on Tuesday announced the elimination of Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, a Hamas terrorist who took part in the kidnapping of Yarden Bibas.
Yarden Bibas was released by Hamas in February 2025 after more than 480 days of capacity. His wife, Shiri, and children, 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old Ariel were brutally murdered by Hamas in captivity.
“The IDF and ISA [also known as Shin Bet security agency], with direction from the southern command, struck and eliminated on August 10th, 2025, the terrorist Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, a terrorist in Hamas’ military wing,” Israeli military said in a statement on Tuesday evening.
“The terrorist infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the brutal October 7th massacre and took part in the abduction of Yarden Bibas,” the IDF added.
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There’s a simple solution. Stop the aid. Let the people of Gaza suffer their leadership. Just like the Germans and Japanese did 80 years ago.
It’s clear Hamas wants the Gaza citizens to starve for the PR, aid should stop since it only goes to Hamas. If Egypt and Qatar want to move the civilians out, they can.
Counter offer should be that bombing mosques will stop when all hostages are released, then bomb the crap out of them anyway.
The BBC frames this war as Israel’s war. There is NEVER any mention of the event that kicked this entire war off. The BBC’s reporting is always missing key context for why the war is taking place AND is nothing more than emotional blackmail.
That key context doesn’t make Israel look bad. Therefore, the BBC will do their best to bury it.
The utterly vile and despicable U.S. Dhimmi-crat media shills/propagandists/lapdogs/stenographers (e.g., NPR, Pravda on the Potomac, Pravda on the Hudson) do the exact same thing as the wretched BBC.
In their reporting Israel’s defense against genocidal Islamofascism/Muslim terrorism and attempts to rescue its citizens from captivity, are all characterized as “Israel’s war in Gaza;” as if the genocidal Hamas terrorist-thugs didn’t start the entire war on 10/7/2023 (well before that date, actually).
One only needs to look at the history of how the world has treated the Jews to understand the current anti Israel attitude and support for Muslim terrorists. Spain, France and the British have a history of expelling Jews from their countries. Russia established the “Pale “ where Jews were required to live, suffering regular pogroms. The Crusaders on their march to the holly land, to free it from Muslim conquerors slaughtered Jews they encountered along the way.. more recently, most European countries conquered by the WW2 Nazis, willingly assisted the Nazis exterminate their Jewish population. The U.S. and Canada made it nearly impossible for Jews fleeing the genocide in Europe to enter. And in the meantime, for centuries the Muslim Arab countries were doing their best to kill off and expell their Jewish population. WW2 ends and millions of surviving Jews are released from Nazi extermination camps. They return to reclaim their homes and property only to find their home countries transferred the Jewish property to their Christian residents. Europe then had a Jewish problem that the Nazis didn’t resolve. Here comes the UN to solve the problem. Create a Jewish Homeland between the River and the Sea where all the displaced Jews of Europe will be encouraged to go. A small area of land surrounded by hostile Muslim countries whose armies are well armed, especially by the British who tried to disarm the Jews living under their Mandate in the Middle East. The Jews would be exterminated by the Arabs, solving the European problem while appeasing innocent of genocide. Their plan didn’t work and the UN had too go in and rescue the Arab Armies. Since then, the UN has funded and supplied Hamas and other terrorist organizations. And talk of genocide, one would be hard pressed to find a Jew still living in those Muslim countries. Today we find the UN trying to rescue the Muslim Terrorists The UN can not be trusted as an impartial participant in middle east peace efforts.
Good.
Unfortunately, some hold overs of the Biden administration has been flying plane loads of Palestinians all over America, as reported by Laura Loomer
God bless this woman
Meat we need is not one more Muslim
We need to return all Muslims we have
Every.Single.One.Of .Them…
Islam is innately malignant.
correct headline:
hamas plays pr game and only offers some kidnapped victims to go home
israel refuses to be played
The moment Israel compromises on this, even the tiniest bit, they’ve lost.
It’s good to see two adults in charge at last, who won’t allow any discussion of any tactic other than the only rational one — a final humanitarian demand, or accept the consequences.
All hostages or none at this point. Tell them and invade Gaza city. Shoot to kill. Tell the Euroweenies to F off,
What has always baffled me is that none of the msm or lefties seem to realize that the war could end in one minute if Hamas just handed over the hostages! Also, why is there no outcry about the condition of the hostages? As the msm loves to point out all of the “Innocent” civilian casualties in Gaza and their situation, why don’t the comment on the hostages who were at a music concert harming no one?