A proposal to exchange Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners has reportedly been sent to Hamas.
This comes after several days of multilateral talks in Paris With the participation of representatives from IsraelThe United States, Egypt and Qatar tried to draw the basic lines for a temporary ceasefire agreement.
A senior source told Reuters news agency that the proposal includes a 40-day cessation of all military operations and stipulates that all Israeli women, children under the age of 19, the elderly over 50, and sick hostages must be released in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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Israeli military vehicles return from the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters
agitation The draft resolution stipulates the release of 40 Israeli hostages listed under the humanitarian category, while Israel in return will release about 400 Palestinian prisoners, at a rate of 10 prisoners for every one hostage, and will not re-arrest them.
Israel will commit to allowing the entry of 500 aid trucks Gaza Every day, 200,000 tents and 60,000 caravans will be provided, and repairs will be made in hospitals and bakeries.
Both sides cease their military operations completely, and all civilians who were forced to leave the northern Gaza Strip are gradually allowed to return – with the exception of men of military service age.
He follows Statements of US President Joe BidenHe said on Monday that he hoped a ceasefire would be reached between Israel and Hamas “by the end of the week.”
A Hamas official told Sky News that they had not yet received a formal proposal after recent talks in Paris regarding a comprehensive ceasefire.
The official added that Hamas informed the mediators that it would not accept Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu And his attempts to “manipulate the negotiations to gain more time to implement his plans, especially the starvation war against the Palestinian people, and that the negotiation process will not have unlimited time.”
Mr. Biden He made his remarks during an unannounced visit to the Van Leeuwen ice cream parlor next to 30 Rock in New York.
Flanked by late-night TV host Seth Meyers, Biden was asked by reporters when he thought a ceasefire in Gaza could begin.
In a surprising turn, he said, “My national security advisor [Jake Sullivan] “It tells me that we are close, we are close, and we are not finished yet.”
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Biden, who appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers, said,Ramadan There is an agreement among the Israelis that they will not participate in any activities during the month of Ramadan as well, in order to give us time to extract all the hostages.”
The Muslim holy month, which falls on different dates each year, is scheduled to begin on the evening of March 10 and end on the evening of April 9.
Biden warned that Israel risked losing international support due to the high death toll among Palestinians.
He added that Israel pledged to enable the Palestinians to evacuate Rafah in southern Gaza before intensifying its campaign there to destroy Hamas.
Biden said that there was an agreement in principle for a ceasefire between the two sides while the hostages were released, and he said that he hoped to reach a ceasefire in the conflict by the following Monday.
“There are too many innocent people being killed,” Biden said. “Israel has slowed its attacks in Rafah.”
He added that the temporary ceasefire would open the process for the Palestinians to establish their own state, something Netanyahu rejected.
Qatar hosted the talks in the French capital, the most serious efforts in weeks to stop the fighting, as mediators met with delegations from both sides separately.
The aim was to ensure a cessation of fighting for six weeks.
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A war has been raging between Israel and Hamas in Gaza since gunmen from the Palestinian movement that runs the Strip attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking 253 hostage.
Israel responded with a military campaign that killed nearly 30,000 Palestinians and injured more than 70,000, according to medical officials in Gaza.
