According to latest reports, Jordan is ready to exchange prisoners with the extremists group. The Jordanian government has confirmed on Wednesday that they are releasing the Iraqi inmate in exchange for the Jordanian pilot that they are holding as hostage.
"Jordan is ready to release the Iraqi prisoner, Sajida al-Rishawi, if the Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, is released unharmed," Mohammed al-Momani, a Jordanian government spokesperson said in a statement.
Jordan was recently reported to be in "secret talks" with the terrorists in securing the release of its hostages.
The United States has opposed Jordan's decision to negotiate with the terrorist group.
Junki Ishido, mother of journalist Kenji Goto who is held hostage by ISIS militants, pleaded to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to save her son. Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh is also held as a hostage by the militant group
"Kenji has only a little time left," Ishido said in her message to PM Abe. She also asked what has Goto done wrong to deserve such fate and reiterated that, "there is no more time."
"All people must know, from the head of the regime to everybody else, that the safety of Mu'ath means the stability of Jordan, and the death of Mu'ath means chaos in Jordan," Safi al-Kaseasbeh, the Jordanian pilot's father, told the Associated Press.
The terrorists gave Japan and Jordan a 24-hour deadline to submit their demands or they will kill their Japanese hostage, Goto, along with a Jordan prisoner, Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh. The terrorist group is asking for a prisoner exchange.
Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi national sentenced to death due to a terrorist attack in 2005, is the prisoner that ISIS wants to be freed in exchange of al-Kaseasbeh and Goto. The hotel attack which al-Rishawi was part of, killed at least 60 people in Jordan.
In the latest message from ISIS, the group said that the two hostages will be killed in 24 hours, which is late Wednesday night in Japan, according to reports.
Prime Minister Abe called the deadline despicable.
"This was an extremely despicable act and we feel strong indignation. We strongly condemn that," PM Abe told the press. "While this is a tough situation, we remain unchanged in our stance of seeking help from the Jordanian government in securing the early release of Mr. Goto."
