Kat Lonsdorf

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Up First from NPR · Fed Rates Pause, USIP Loses Case, Israel Restarts Gaza Ground Invasion · 20 Mar 2025 podcast

He went on to say that Israel will act, quote, with force beyond anything you have ever seen.

Well, Hamas has not yet responded militarily. In a statement on the militant group's telegram last night, it says it holds Israel, quote, fully responsible for the repercussions of this ground invasion. And it reiterated its commitment to the ceasefire agreement, making it clear that Palestinians will not leave Gaza voluntarily or otherwise.

Thanks so much.

Up First from NPR · Zelenskyy in London, Gaza Ceasefire Status, Judicial Accountability · 3 Mar 2025 podcast

Good morning.

So Israel announced this plan yesterday, calling it the Witkoff plan and saying that President Trump's Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, came up with it. It's unclear when Witkoff would have presented it. Israel says they've already agreed to it. The plan would extend the first phase of this ceasefire agreement by 50 days.

On the first day of that extension, Israel wants Hamas to release half the remaining living hostages and half of the bodies of those who have been killed. And then by the end of the extension, if an agreement to end the war permanently is reached, the remaining live and dead hostages would be released then.

Israel reiterated that it has the right to go back to war if those negotiations are ineffective.

No. Hamas has essentially rebuffed the plan. In a statement, the militant group said that Israel is trying to evade the original ceasefire agreement. Just to be clear, this new plan is not the deal that both sides agreed to originally. I'll remind you of what that plan was. It had three phases. The second phase was supposed to be negotiated during the first phase, which didn't happen.

Under the second phase, all living hostages are to be released and Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza. And then phase three would see all hostage bodies returned and the start of reconstruction of Gaza, which is expected to take years. Now Israel has introduced this whole new plan, the Wyckoff Plan. It's important to note that Hamas has not outright rejected it, but it isn't embracing it either.

still figure out exactly what it means. But basically, Israel has stopped the flow of much needed aid, you know, like food and medical supplies into the enclave. Israel controls what gets in and out of Gaza. And it had allowed a big uptake of aid into Gaza in the past six weeks of the ceasefire. But aid and food are still desperately needed there.

Aid groups have warned that this blocking of aid violates international law. Other Arab countries have condemned it. The block comes as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan just started over the weekend. Hamas called the decision to stop a, quote, cheap blackmail in an attempt to get the group to agree to this new plan.

For now, it still appears to be holding. You know, it's fragile and talks are continuing. An official familiar with the details but not authorized to speak publicly told NPR that Israel is, quote, giving it a few days to see where negotiations lead and that Israel is not rushing to return to fighting in Gaza. Wyckoff is expected in the region in the coming days.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech last night in English where he thanked President Trump several times. In that speech, he said that Israel will, quote, take further steps if Hamas continues to hold the hostages. He ended saying that he knows America and President Trump have Israel's back to do so. That's NPR's Kat Lonsdorf in Tel Aviv.

Thank you.

Up First from NPR · Pentagon Upheaval, Hamas Releases More Hostages, NY State Prisons · 22 Feb 2025 podcast

Hey, good morning.

So the hostages released today are four men who had been captured in the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel and held captive throughout the war. And then also two hostages that had been held in Gaza for around a decade. One is an Ethiopian Israeli man and the other is a Bedouin Arab citizen of Israel.

Both of them had been taken captive after they had crossed into Gaza on their own years ago in separate incidents.

So in Gaza, it was a bit more complicated than other releases in the past. The six were released in three different locations throughout the Gaza Strip. But generally, the scene was similar to others that we've seen in this past month.

The hostages were brought on a stage by a masked Hamas gunman with a huge crowd of Palestinian onlookers before being released to the International Committee of the Red Cross and then driven to meet Israeli forces.

So this is the largest release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees at one time during this ceasefire. Among them are prisoners serving life sentences for deadly attacks on Israelis, but also many who have been held in administrative detention without charge or sentences, including women and minors.

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