{"id":10721,"date":"2025-03-05T23:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-and-hamas-hold-direct-talks-on-hostages-in-gaza-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T23:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T23:00:35","slug":"u-s-and-hamas-hold-direct-talks-on-hostages-in-gaza-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-and-hamas-hold-direct-talks-on-hostages-in-gaza-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. and Hamas Hold Direct Talks on Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. and Hamas officials have had talks in Qatar about hostages held in the Gaza Strip, according to two Israeli officials, a Western official and a diplomat briefed on the matter, breaking with a longstanding American policy of refusing to directly engage groups that it has designated as terrorists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump\u2019s nominee to be special envoy for hostage affairs, Adam Boehler, participated in the talks this week with Hamas officials, the diplomat said. All four officials discussed the meetings on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the sensitive diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The talks in Doha, Qatar, focused on securing the release of Edan Alexander, the only Israeli American hostage still believed to be alive, and the bodies of four other Israeli Americans who were kidnapped and taken to Gaza in the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, according to one of the Israeli officials and the Western official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Karoline Leavitt, Mr. Trump\u2019s press secretary, did not deny that direct talks with Hamas were underway. Asked at a White House news conference on Wednesday why the administration was engaging with Hamas, she said Mr. Boehler, \u201cwho is engaged in those negotiations,\u201d had \u201cthe authority to talk to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The secret talks, which <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/05\/us-hamas-talks-gaza-war-israel\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Axios<\/a> initially reported, were a significant departure from previous negotiations involving the United States and Hamas, which the State Department has for decades designated as a terrorist group. American officials, like their Israeli counterparts, have generally relied on intermediaries \u2014 most recently, Qatar and Egypt have been the main go-betweens \u2014 to relay messages to the group rather than sit with Hamas leaders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The result of the discussions was not immediately clear, but mediators have been seeking to extend the current truce between Israel and Hamas, and to free the remaining hostages in Gaza. About 24 living captives \u2014 including Mr. Alexander \u2014 and the bodies of at least 35 others are believed to still be held in Gaza, according to Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump took to social media to tell Hamas that it was a take-it-or-leave-it position. \u201cRelease all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114112015891353323\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he posted on Truth Social<\/a>. Describing the group as \u201csick and twisted,\u201d he said, \u201cI am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job, not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don\u2019t do as I say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is your last warning,\u201d he wrote, adding that if the group held onto any hostages, \u201cyou are DEAD!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIsrael was consulted on this matter,\u201d said Ms. Levitt, referring further questions to the State Department. \u201cThere are American lives at stake,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But one of the Israeli officials said Israel had not learned about the talks from the United States, hearing of them instead through what were described as \u201cother channels.\u201d Gen. Nitzan Alon, a member of Israel\u2019s negotiating team, alerted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the negotiations and informed the team of U.S. officials in Doha that Israel was aware of them, according to the Israeli official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a tersely worded statement, the Israeli prime minister\u2019s office said Israel had \u201cstated its opinion on direct conversations with Hamas during talks with the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamas did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. and European officials had hoped the no-contact policy with Hamas would isolate and weaken the group after it seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Critics occasionally questioned the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/posts\/2021\/05\/can-there-be-freedom-prosperity-and-democracy-for-gaza?lang=en\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">effectiveness<\/a> of the boycott, which continued through years of deadlock and little apparent shift in Hamas\u2019s positions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After the Hamas-led attack ignited the war in Gaza, mediators played major roles in brokering efforts to pause or end the fighting and to free Israeli and other hostages seized by Palestinian militants in exchange for the release of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamas and its allies seized about 250 captives during the attack on southern Israel, according to the Israeli government. More than 100 were freed during a weeklong truce in late 2023, while 30 others \u2014 and the bodies of eight more \u2014 have been released since the current cease-fire began in mid-January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel and Hamas are deadlocked over terms for the current deal\u2019s next phase: a comprehensive truce that would end the war and free the remaining living hostages. The direct U.S. contact with Hamas sidestepped those stalled talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump said in early December he would nominate Mr. Boehler to serve as a special envoy on hostage affairs. A health care executive who held roles in Mr. Trump\u2019s first administration, Mr. Boehler has yet to be confirmed to the job by the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The president said during an address to Congress on Tuesday evening that his administration was \u201cbringing back our hostages from Gaza,\u201d without providing any additional details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. officials have been particularly concerned over the fates of at least 12 American Israeli captives taken by Hamas during the deadly attack, staying in touch with their families and inviting them to the White House for meetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamas now holds one living American Israeli captive \u2014 Mr. Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli soldier from New Jersey \u2014 and the bodies of four others seized during the 2023 attacks. But with the next steps in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire still in doubt, it is unclear whether the two sides can clinch a deal to secure their release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Alexander grew up in Tenafly, N.J., to Israeli parents. He later moved back to Israel to serve in the military before being abducted from an outpost near the Gaza border during the Hamas-led assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Adi Alexander, Mr. Alexander\u2019s father, said during an interview last week that the Trump administration had to \u201creshuffle the deck, to renegotiate everything\u201d in an attempt to extend the truce and free the remaining hostages, including his son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are happy and grateful about the cease-fire \u2014 but the job is not done,\u201d Adi Alexander said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Ed Wong<!-- -->, <!-- -->Luke Broadwater<!-- --> and <!-- -->David E. 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