According to an Egyptian security source, Hamas “insists that the issue of the ceasefire and the hostage deal should not be separated in the negotiations for an agreement in Gaza“
A source of the channel "Al-Qahira al-Ikhbariya", the movement “fears that after the radicals hand over the hostages, the Israeli side will once again return to hostilities in the enclave.
He noted that Egypt "is making every effort to resume the negotiation process" between Hamas and Israel, which he said "reached an impasse in July this year". An Egyptian security spokesman said Cairo's efforts to end the fire and restore calm in the Gaza Strip "are supported by the international community", despite "the reluctance of both sides of the conflict to respond positively to the actions of Egyptian representatives".
On November 1, the Hamas-affiliated Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported that the movement was rejecting an initiative by mediators in indirect talks with Israel to agree on a temporary ceasefire and exchange a limited number of hostages for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, as this proposal does not provide for the fulfillment of the main demands of the radicals.
According to Hamas, the proposals presented “do not meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people, do not include the restoration of infrastructure or the resumption of normal functioning of checkpoints, especially the Rafah checkpoint on the Gaza-Egypt border”. According to the source, the movement heard the ideas of the mediators and reaffirmed its position that the Palestinians "seek a permanent cease-fire, the complete withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from the Strip and the lifting of the blockade of the enclave, the return of displaced persons to their homes and overall agreement to exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
Meanwhile, an Israeli Air Force drone hit a building on a boulevard in east Beirut, the Lebanese Ministry of Health's Emergency Operations Center said.
One person died in the attack and 15 people were injured.
The drone attacked a company that sells motorcycles used by Hezbollah members.
The army did not warn the population of the area about the upcoming airstrike, reports Naharnet. For this reason, the portal links the sudden attack with a possible assassination attempt on one of the members of the Hezbollah leadership.
UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said an Israeli airstrike hit “humanitarian structures” at a border point between Lebanon and Syria, which was hit last month as well, reported AFP, quoted by BTA.
After the main border crossing between the two countries was hit, the crossing point known as Jusieh on the Syrian side has become a key escape route for people fleeing the war between Israel and "Hezbollah".
However, it was decommissioned late last month when an Israeli strike created a large crater that blocked vehicular traffic.
“A new Israeli airstrike hit the Jusieh border crossing, where many Lebanese and Syrians cross from Lebanon to Syria“, Grandi said in X.
“Humanitarian structures have also been hit”, he said, adding that “even escaping and caring for those fleeing are becoming difficult and dangerous as the war continues to spread”.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that on October 2, two Israeli strikes hit the Jusieh crossing point.
The attack came after the main crossing point between Beirut and Damascus, known as Masnaa on the Lebanese side, was forced to close due to an Israeli strike on October 4.
There are 6 official crossing points between Lebanon and Syria, although there are many unofficial routes across the permeable border.
Israel has repeatedly accused "Hezbollah" of transporting weapons from Syria to Lebanon through these points.