While between January 19 and March 17, a truce had enabled the return to Israel of 33 hostages, including eight dead, in exchange for the exit of around 1,800 Palestinians from Israeli prisons, a second truce is being discussed between Israel and Hamas.
The latter will “most likely” answer “within 48 hours” to an Israeli ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip, one of its senior leaders on AFP told Tuesday. 20 Minutes Take up what we know about this proposal that the Palestinian movement says it has received Sunday in Cairo, through Egyptian mediators.
What does this truce proposal provide?
Another head of Hamas told AFP on Monday that Israel is asking for the return, in several times, of ten living hostages in exchange for a truce of “at least 45 days”, of the liberation, in two phases, of a total of 1,231 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel and an authorization to bring humanitarian aid in the Palestinian territory.
The Israeli public channel Kan 11 evokes the return, in three stages, of 25 hostages, 9 living and 16 dead, against a 45 -day truce. Israel did not speak on his proposal for a temporary truce. The different phases of a possible agreement would provide for redeployments of the Israeli army within the Gaza Strip, where it has taken control of important portions of the territory in recent weeks.
What would be the calendar?
According to the Hamas manager who spoke on Monday, Israel demanded “as a sign of good will” the return, the first day of the agreement, of the Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander. On the second day, Hamas would release 5 living hostages against 66 Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life and 611 detainees from Gaza. The entry of humanitarian aid in the territory would be authorized. According to the Palestinian movement manager, Israel demands that the liberation will be done without a public ceremony, which had been made by Hamas in the past.
The third day would see the opening of negotiations on a “permanent ceasefire” that Israel conditions a disarmament of Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups, a requirement which, according to the manager, crosses “a red line (…) non-negotiable” for Hamas. The second week, he said, Hamas is expected to release four other hostages against 54 Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life and 500 others arrested by Israel after October 7, 2023. According to the calendar mentioned by Kan 11, 5 hostages would be returned to Israel on the second day of the agreement, 4 others on the seventh day, then 16 hostage strips on the twentieth day.
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Where are we?
“Hamas will most likely transmit its response to mediators within 48 hours, the movement still leading in -depth consultations,” said the senior leader on Tuesday. The movement “has no problem with the number of hostages and is ready to release them all at once or in several phases,” said the other responsible.
He “will not accept any proposal or solution which does not understand a global and permanent cease-fire, a total withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, as well as the entry of humanitarian aid” he added, repeating the refusal to disarm.
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