Report: Hostage negotiations are stuck, war seems likely

According to sources speaking with Kann News reporter Suleiman Maswadeh tonight (Monday), hostage negotiations are currently stuck, and war is likely in the near future.

Israeli sources speaking with Kann News regarding hostage negotiations in Cairo said that there is presently no progress in talks and that negotiations are stuck.

The sources said that they are continuing their efforts, but that the likely scenario now is a return to war in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas terrorists have been regularly probing IDF defenses since the first phase of the hostage deal ended, with multiple reports of small groups of terrorists trying to plant IEDs, engage in observation, or conduct other military-style operations near IDF forces still present in the Gaza Strip.

Now, military censorship has published that the urgent meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with defense leaders in the Kiryah in Tel Aviv was due to this intelligence discovery - that Hamas was preparing for a repeat of October 7 in intensity.

Kann reporter Itay Blumenthal reports that Hamas is rebuilding its strength in the Gaza Strip, according to defense sources. This includes the recruitment of hundreds of terrorists, the rebuilding of military positions throughout the Gaza Strip, and the rebuilding of the Hamas military chain of command, which was badly hurt during the war.

According to Blumenthal's sources, Hamas presently has 25,000 troops and Palestinian Islamic Jihad - another 5,000.

One source told Blumenthal that without increasing pressure on Hamas or establishing a clear deadline, the achievements of the war will erode and the condition of the hostages will only deteriorate.