Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed his negotiation team to continue discussions on the release of hostages. This decision comes after US special envoy Steve Wiccoff proposed the release of 11 surviving hostages. Israel has stated that half of the living captives should be freed by mid-April, during the Passover holiday ceasefire extension. Hamas, in return, has proposed extending the ceasefire and releasing additional Palestinian detainees in exchange for the last surviving Israeli-American hostage, Edan Alexander, along with the bodies of four other Israeli-American dual nationals. However, both Israel and the US have rejected the proposal.