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(55,608 posts) Mon Aug 4, 2025, 04:40 PM Aug 4

(JEWISH GROUP) Hamas says it will allow aid for hostages if Israel halts airstrikes, opens permanent humanitarian corrid

Hamas says it will allow aid for hostages if Israel halts airstrikes, opens permanent humanitarian corridors

Hamas said on Sunday it was prepared to coordinate with the Red Cross to deliver aid to hostages it holds in Gaza, if Israel meets certain conditions, after a video it released showing an emaciated captive drew sharp criticism from Western powers.

Hamas said any coordination with the Red Cross is contingent upon Israel permanently opening humanitarian corridors and halting airstrikes during the distribution of aid.

According to Israeli officials, 50 hostages now remain in Gaza, only 20 of whom are believed to be alive. Hamas, thus far, has barred humanitarian organizations from having any kind of access to the hostages and families have little or no details of their conditions.

On Saturday, Hamas released its second video in two days of Israeli hostage Evyatar David. In it, David, skeletally thin, is shown digging a hole that, he says in the video, is for his own grave. The arm of the individual holding the camera, which can be seen in the frame, is a regular width.

The video of David drew criticism from Western powers and horrified Israelis. France, Germany, the UK and the U.S. were among countries to express outrage and Israel's foreign ministry announced that the UN Security Council will hold a special session on Tuesday morning on the issue of the situation of the hostages in Gaza.

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(JEWISH GROUP) Hamas says it will allow aid for hostages if Israel halts airstrikes, opens permanent humanitarian corrid (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Aug 4 OP

The UN has yet to condemn the October 7 attack, and the Red Cross been absent for the past 22 months. lapucelle Aug 4 #1

Permanent Corridor JustAnotherGen Aug 6 #2

lapucelle

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1. The UN has yet to condemn the October 7 attack, and the Red Cross been absent for the past 22 months.

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Mon Aug 4, 2025, 07:10 PM

Aug 4

From now on, I'm flooding the zone with facts.

Last week at the UN, President Macron negotiated the New York Agreement and convinced the Arab League to sign on.

In signing the agreement, the Arab League condemned Hamas's October 7 rape-torture-murder spree and called on Hamas to release the hostages, disarm, and surrender.

The New York Agreement also calls for a two-state solution (with a demilitarized Palestinian State comprised of Gaza and the West Bank), international administration while the region is rebuilt, and free elections in 2026.

Seventeen countries, the European Union, The Arab League, and the Palestinian Authority are all party to the agreement. The agreement makes it clear that Macron is stepping up to lead the free world, and the parties to the agreement are ready to leave Hamas, Iran, Guterres, Trump and Netanyahu in the dust.

Twenty-eight UN member states still refuse to recognize Israel. It's time for them to step up as well.

As for António Guterres? Time for him to step down.

JustAnotherGen

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2. Permanent Corridor

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Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:03 AM

Aug 6

Between Israel and the Gaza Strip? I still don't understand why Egypt can't be the base/landing for the aid. A permanent corridor could allow Hamas in to do another October 7th.

We all know they want to.

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