Hamas agrees with new Gaza truce plan
A source has told media that Hamas delegation has agreed with a new truce proposal offered by mediators yesterday.
A source told BBC that Hamas has agreed with the prisoner exchange proposal, BBC claimed in a report on Monday afternoon.
According to the BBC citing a Palestinian official familiar with the talks, the proposal from Egypt and Qatar is a comprehensive two-stage plan based on a framework advanced by US envoy Steve Witkoff.
It would see Hamas free around half of the 50 remaining Israeli hostages – 20 of whom are believed to be alive – in two stages during a 60-day temporary truce. During that time, there would be negotiations on a permanent ceasefire and an Israeli troop withdrawal.
There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials, the media reported after the news was published.
Prior to that, a Hamas source told the Qatari channel Al Jazeera that Hamas informed mediators it accepted the ceasefire-hostage release deal proposal submitted to it yesterday.
According to an earlier report on by regional Arab media, this proposal was a revised version of Hamas’s latest response in the negotiation round, which dealt with a framework agreement for a 60-day ceasefire.
MNA
