Trump’s Middle East envoy visits Netanyahu in push for Gaza ceasefire
Hamas said on Monday that it had given mediators a list of 34 Israeli captives who were seized during the group’s attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 that triggered the war, and who could be freed as part of the “first phase of a prisoner exchange deal”.
Hamas insists that any negotiations to secure the release of hostages must form part of a comprehensive pact to end the hostilities in Gaza, while Netanyahu is seeking a more segmented agreement, aiming for a deal that would see the liberation of some, though not all, hostages, while simultaneously preserving Israel’s prerogative to recommence hostilities against Hamas upon the deal’s expiration.
Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed at least 46,537 Palestinians and wounded 109,571 since 7 October 2023, the Palestinian territory’s health ministry said on Saturday. About 1,200 Israelis were killed and 250 taken hostage in the Hamas attack.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/11/white-house-working-on-hostage-release-deal-between-hamas-and-israel-says-cia-director