Turkey has informed mediators managing the hostage talks that it has established contact with two additional groups of terrorists holding Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip in recent days.

The update came after several days in which there was no contact with two of the four terrorists groups holding the hostages. A source familiar with developments told Israel Hayom that four separate groups in Gaza are currently holding Israelis. One of them is affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.

Each group has made different demands related to its members’ future, including guarantees for their personal safety and immunity from future Israeli retaliation. Each also has its own interpretation of what it views as the “achievements of the war” from the Hamas–jihadist pers

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