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Friday, August 1, 2025
IDF chief: We’ll know in coming days whether partial deal possible. If not, we’ll fight on
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir tells troops during a visit to the Gaza Strip, “I estimate that in the coming days we will know whether we will be able to reach a partial deal to release our hostages.”
“If not, the fighting will continue unabated,” Zamir says.
Hostage talks have been at an impasse since last week when Israel and the US pulled their negotiators from Doha due to frustration with Hamas’s response to the latest proposal for a partial hostage deal.
Yesterday, a senior Israeli official, briefing reporters after US special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said that Jerusalem and Washington have shifted course to seeking a comprehensive deal to free the remaining hostages and permanently end the war.
The Times of Israel Community.