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The merchandise of much hostages by Hamas to Israel past nighttime saw officials work together to widen their ceasefire by different 2 days arsenic some parties proceed to discuss position to free yet much captees.
But hopes that Hamas could yet return each hostages to Israel without rumor were dashed past nighttime erstwhile it emerged that arsenic galore arsenic 40 group taken during nan ruthless October 7 attacks - including ten-month-old Kfir Bibas - are nary longer nether nan captivity of nan Palestinian group.
IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee yesterday declared Kfir, his four-year-old relative Ariel and mother Shiri had been taken to Khan Younis successful confederate Gaza and handed to elements of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) - a jihadist group that seeks to destruct Israel and has historically rejected immoderate negotiated engagement pinch Tel-Aviv.
Hamas officials besides acknowledged that respective of nan hostages were now successful PIJ custody, and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, who led nan effort to agent nan ceasefire, said they 'may ne'er beryllium capable to scope them'.
And successful yet different furniture of complexity, immoderate Israelis are feared to person been scooped up by civilian gangs who capitalised connected nan chaos of October 7 to prehend hostages of their own.
The Qatari Prime Minister said yesterday that Hamas must find nan remaining hostages whom he said were being held by 'civilians and gangs'.
'If they get further women and children, location will beryllium an extension,' Sheikh Mohammed said.
'We don't yet person immoderate clear accusation really galore they tin find... 1 of nan purposes [of nan pause] is they will person clip to hunt for nan remainder of nan missing people.'
Baby Kfir (pictured) had conscionable learned to locomotion erstwhile he, on pinch his relative Ariel, four, and his mother Shiri, 32, were taken from his family's location successful Kibbutz Nir Oz
Shiri Silberman Bibas, and sons Ariel, four, and Kfir, who are missing on pinch their husband/father Jordan (Yarden) Bibas aft being taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz during nan Israel-Hamas conflict
Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group gunmen are seen successful nan West Bank
A female walks on an alley adjacent graffiti showing nan logo of nan Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, who led nan effort to agent nan ceasefire, said location is 'no clear accusation really galore (hostages) Hams tin find... 1 of nan purposes [of nan pause] is they will person clip to hunt for nan remainder of nan missing people'
Israeli tanks are seen operating successful nan Gaza Strip
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which seeks nan demolition of Israel, has fought repeated battles pinch nan Israeli subject successful caller years and has ever rejected immoderate governmental compromise.
Hamas and PIJ are some militarised groups, but they disagree successful origins and focus.
Hamas is simply a governmental and societal activity pinch an equipped wing, and governs nan Gaza Strip. PIJ, connected nan different hand, is an independent jihadist group pinch person ties to Iran.
Unlike Hamas, PIJ is not progressive successful governance and concentrates connected equipped resistance.
The 2 organisations are successful title successful Gaza - but some are successful guidance to Israel.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad's chief, Ziad al-Nakhala, says his organisation remains opposed not only to normalising relations pinch Israel, but besides to nan full bid process that started pinch nan Camp David Accords betwixt Israel and Egypt successful 1978.
'We affirm that our guidance continues, and nan Islamic Jihad Movement, calved from nan tone of Islam, still perseveres successful its path. It has not compromised and will not surrender to delusions,' he said.
Baby Kfir had conscionable learned to locomotion erstwhile he, on pinch his relative Ariel, four, and his mother Shiri, 32, was taken from his family's location in Kibbutz Nir Oz during Hamas' incursion connected October 7.
During nan deadly onslaught connected Israel, Shiri, her hubby Yarden, 34, and nan 2 young boys desperately hid successful a safe room equipped only pinch a pistol, only to beryllium taken retired arsenic Hamas gunmen smashed down their door.
The image of nan 2 young boys being carried by their weeping mother, Shiri, arsenic they were marched from their homes was 1 of nan astir striking to beryllium published successful nan early days of nan Israel-Hamas war.
Yarden's destiny is unknown, and it is believed that he is either dormant aliases 1 of nan astir 200 hostages remaining successful Hamas custody.
But Shiri and nan children are now thought to beryllium successful nan custody of PIJ.
Their family said successful a connection past night: 'We are experiencing moments of awesome uncertainty. The realisation that we will not get nan hug we wished for leaves america speechless.'
It remains to beryllium seen really intimately Hamas and PIJ will coordinate connected nan curen and imaginable merchandise of nan hostages, though Hamas charismatic Osama Hamdan yesterday told Qatar's Al-Arabi news transmission nan 2 groups were 'preparing hostage lists'.
But IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari later declared that Hamas will still carnivore work for immoderate and each Israeli hostages.
'Responsibility for nan kidnapped group successful general, including members of nan Bibas family, who are detained by nan factions successful nan Gaza Strip, lies pinch Hamas alone,' he said.
Tal Goldstein-Almog, 9, (pictured) was seen being cradled by his loved ones aft he and nan different hostages arrived backmost successful Israel
Agam Goldstein-Almog, 17, (pictured, centre) is embraced by loved ones successful Israel past nighttime aft spending weeks arsenic a hostage
One as-yet-unidentified hostage was seen leaving Hamas custody successful a wheelchair, while respective others were seen successful agleam pinkish apparel yesterday
Israel said Hamas had returned 11 much hostages from nan Gaza Strip connected Monday, bringing to 69 nan full of Israeli and overseas hostages nan Palestinian group has freed since Friday nether nan truce.
The White House and Qatari negotiators confirmed connected Monday nan original 4 time region successful fighting had been extended for 2 much days, while the Israeli premier minister's agency said nan authorities approved nan summation of 50 female prisoners to its database of Palestinians for imaginable merchandise if further Israeli hostages are freed.
Hamas said it had sought to revise position nether which it would free hostages beyond nan women and children it has already released.
'We dream nan Occupation (Israel) abides (by nan agreement) successful nan adjacent 2 days because we are seeking a caller agreement, too women and children, whereby different categories that we person that we tin swap,' Hamas charismatic Khalil Al-Hayya told Al Jazeera precocious connected Monday.
That, he said, would entail 'going towards an further clip play to proceed swapping group astatine this stage'.
Among hostages Hamas still holds are fathers and husbands of those it has freed successful caller days.
Israel antecedently said it would widen nan truce by 1 time for each 10 much hostages released, providing immoderate respite from nan war.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains resolute successful his intentions to crush Hamas, declaring his forces would resume its violative 'with each of our might' erstwhile nan truce expires.
After nan Qatari-brokered woody was agreed past week, Netanyahu said nan goals to 'eliminate Hamas and get nan hostages back' would proceed unhindered irrespective of erstwhile nan truce yet comes to a close.
'At nan extremity of nan time we will return each one,' he said of nan hostages, adding that 'we are continuing until nan end, until victory. Nothing will extremity us.'
