According to a plan reviewed by Reuters, Palestinian resistance organization Hamas has offered the US and mediators a proposal for a Gaza ceasefire that calls for the freeing of 100 Palestinian inmates who are serving life sentences in exchange for the release of Israeli hostages.
According to Hamas, the proposal calls for the release of 700–1000 Palestinian inmates in return for the first wave of Israeli hostages, which would include women, children, the old, and sick. Included is the release of Israeli “female recruits”.
According to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a recent proposal for a Gaza truce made by Hamas to mediators was still predicated on “unrealistic demands.”
According to his office, the war cabinet and extended security cabinet will get an update on the matter on Friday.
With a quarter of the people in the battered and beleaguered enclave of Gaza risking starvation due to a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, Egypt and Qatar have been attempting to reduce the gaps between Israel and Hamas about what a ceasefire might look like.
The demands made by Hamas, which include a permanent ceasefire, an Israeli withdrawal from the enclave, the return of the displaced people living in the enclave’s south to its center and north, and unrestricted aid increases, are what have caused the ceasefire negotiations to break down over the past few weeks, according to Hamas.
A draft plan for a ceasefire was given to Hamas in February during the Gaza truce talks in Paris. It called for a 40-day suspension of all military activities and the 10:1 exchange of Palestinian detainees for Israeli prisoners.
Release of every prisoner
Rejecting the draft plan as well, Israel stated that it would not cease the conflict until it had annihilated Hamas. The resistance organization maintains that the fight ought to conclude with an accord.
According to the most recent plan, Hamas stated that an Israeli departure from Gaza and a date for a permanent ceasefire will be decided upon following the initial exchange of detainees and hostages.
The organization declared that the second phase of the plan will see the liberation of all prisoners from both sides.
According to health officials, since the conflict began on October 7, over 31,000 Palestinians have died and over 71,500 have been injured as a result of Israel’s ruthless air, sea, and land assault on Gaza.
Other regions of the unstable Middle East have seen the expansion of the war. Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have engaged in regular gunfire along the border.
To demonstrate their support for the Palestinians in the Gaza conflict, Houthis from Yemen have assaulted trade lines in and around the Red Sea, while armed organizations in Iraq that support Palestine have attacked US soldiers stationed there.
Hamas said late on Thursday that it has given mediators a detailed plan for a ceasefire that would end Israeli aggression against Palestinians in Gaza, provide relief and assistance, let displaced Gazans to return to their homes, and see Israeli soldiers leave the area.
As the conflict enters its sixth month, the UN has issued a warning that at least 576,000 Gaza residents face starvation, and international pressure is mounting on Israel to permit greater humanitarian access.
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