‘First round of hostage deal negotiations in Cairo was positive,’ sources tell Al-Jazeera
According to Al-Jazeera, the first round of negotiations between the mediators and the Hamas terrorist organization delegation in Sharm el-Sheikh has ended.
The first round of negotiations between the Hamas terrorist organization and mediators over the hostage deal was “characterized by positivity,” according to sources cited by the Qatari news network Al-Jazeera.
During this first phase, the roadmap for the current round of talks in Sharm el-Sheikh and its mechanisms was also determined.
In addition, these sources noted that the Hamas delegation made it clear to the mediators that the continued attacks in the Gaza Strip pose a challenge to the release of the hostages.
The report also claimed that the Hamas delegation included two members who survived the assassination attempt in Qatar: Khalil al-Hayya and Zaher Jabareen.
Hamas calls October 7 a ‘glorious day’
While this first negotiation round was underway, Hamas shared a statement celebrating the two-year anniversary of the October 7 Massacre by calling it a “glorious day.”
Houses in kibbutz Nir Oz, where residents where takedn hostage and later on murdered by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 massacre, southern Israel. September 30, 2025. (credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
It also included a video, made mostly from artifical intelligence footage, that celebrates the attacks and calls the terrorists who pillage Israeli kibutzim “heroes,” with them being described as going in “defense of their religion and homeland.”
It also names the terrorist leaders killed by Israel in the last two years of war, while using Artificial Intelligence to recreate Yahya Sinwar’s death footage in Gaza.
