{"id":51351,"date":"2025-08-03T19:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/hostage-forum-skeptical-on-hamas-promise-to-allow-aid-to-reach-hostages\/03\/08\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T19:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:23:19","slug":"hostage-forum-skeptical-on-hamas-promise-to-allow-aid-to-reach-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/hostage-forum-skeptical-on-hamas-promise-to-allow-aid-to-reach-hostages\/03\/08\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostage forum skeptical on Hamas promise to allow aid to reach hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_apckr8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.<\/span><\/span><\/button><span class=\"aisummary_textShimmer__8Tdxq\">Generate Key Takeaways<\/span><\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Expand Key Takeaways\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"_R_1ckr8lb2mav5ubsddbH1_\" class=\"stretched-box text-batcave hover:text-grape-jelly focus:text-grape-jelly dark:text-bob dark:hover:text-thanos dark:focus:text-thanos\" id=\"_R_1ckr8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 13\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fill-current\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M6 6.897 3.547 4.443a.5.5 0 0 0-.699.002.493.493 0 0 0-.001.699L6 8.298l3.155-3.155a.497.497 0 0 0-.001-.7.493.493 0 0 0-.7 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hamas is ready to deliver Red Cross aid to the hostages it is holding in Gaza if Israel opens humanitarian corridors permanently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Hostages and Missing Families Forum responded skeptically to Hamas\u2019s Sunday evening claim that the terror group would allow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/red-cross-neutral-humanitarian-mediator-175842205.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Red Cross;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Red Cross<\/a> to deliver aid to the hostages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHamas&#8217;s announcement about their willingness to cooperate with the Red Cross to deliver food to hostages cannot hide the fact that we are dealing with an evil terrorist organization that has been holding innocent people in impossible conditions for over 660 days,\u201d the forum said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe demand the immediate release of all 50 hostages. Until their release, Hamas has the obligation to provide them with everything they need. Hamas kidnapped them, and they must care for them. Every hostage who dies will be on Hamas&#8217;s hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/hamas-claims-willing-cooperate-icrc-212507633.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hamas's Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades is ready to deliver Red Cross aid;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hamas&#8217;s Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades is ready to deliver Red Cross aid<\/a> to the hostages it is holding in Gaza if Israel opens humanitarian corridors permanently and halts &#8220;all forms of air traffic&#8221; during the delivery of packages to the hostages, the terror group&#8217;s spokesperson said earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hamas made the statement after the terror group, along with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, published videos showing emaciated hostages. The terror group was widely condemned after the video of Evyatar David captured the arm of a terrorist, which did not appear emaciated in contrast to the captive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A screengrab from a Hamas propaganda video with Israeli hostage Evyatar David. (credit: SCREENSHOT\/X, SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Demands for immediate hostage release<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As referenced by the forum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-837377\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:calls for the Red Cross to visit the hostages;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">calls for the Red Cross to visit the hostages<\/a> have gone unanswered throughout the war. Efforts to ensure hostages were given their medication through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-849912\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Red Cross;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Red Cross<\/a> were thwarted by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey may not survive the next few days without immediate help,\u201d the forum asserted. \u201cThese heartbreaking images reveal hostages who are starving while their captors remain well-fed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The forum also stressed that while the transfer of resources through the Red Cross was a \u201cwelcome\u201d possibility, \u201conly the immediate release of all hostages can truly save their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/hamas-obligation-hostage-forum-skeptical-224324186.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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