Hamas and Netanyahu are negotiating with Hamas, which since 2014 has offered four citizens who are on the territory of the former in exchange for 250 prisoners and medical supplies.

Of the four Israelis offered by Hamas, two are soldiers who died in the 2014 war. Israel has shown no interest in the other two prisoners proposed by HAMAS, members of two Israeli minority ethnic groups suffering from mental illness and who have crossed the border by their own means, until they have been offered the latter. The rescue of the bodies of the two military has been because, in addition to being subject to the interests of the State and the Ministry of Defence, their relatives have introduced pressure for a funeral based on Judaism.

On the other hand, the prisoners called for by HAMAS are the Palestinians who were released in 2011 and who were re-incarcerated in 2014, political prisoners.

Health

The coronavirus Gaza is one of the least affected countries in the world, due to the isolation imposed by Egypt and Israel for 13 years. However, the first two positive cases entered the border with the latter, upon returning from a religious act held in Pakistan.

For its part, HAMAS has asked Israel to send it respirators, claiming that it has to ensure the well-being of the people of Gaza, as it has occupied territories. Until then, the health supplies sent by the WHO and China, passed through Israel, had arrived, and several Israeli doctors have taught Gazans how to treat coronavirus.

The spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Quidra, has asked the international community to send 100 respirators and 140 beds for the Intensive Care Units. In fact, according to the Ministry, there are currently about 70 respirators in hospitals in Gaza, which have already been occupied by patients with other diseases.

In the face of the pandemic massacre in this territory, Amnesty International has called on Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza to include all necessary medical supplies.