Full details of the ‘truce’ between Israel and Hamas that would see a ceasefire in Ramadan… only if the hostages are finally released after 142 days
A proposed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could mean a pause in fighting and the release of hostages during the holy month of Ramadan.
The terror group has received a draft proposal from the Gaza peace talks in Paris, a senior source close to the discussions said on Tuesday.
9
9
9
American president Joe Biden said Israel is ready to halt its military activities in Gaza during the Muslim month of fasting Ramadan – but only if an agreement is reached on the release of the hostages still held by militants.
He expressed hope that a temporary ceasefire to end the carnage in Gaza could be possible next one Monday”.
Hamas would study the draft proposal.
The proposed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is explained
HAMAS has received a draft proposal from Paris for a pause in fighting and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages.
A source close to the ceasefire talks told Reuters that the first phase of the proposed deal would last 40 days, with conditions including:
- Prisoner-hostage exchange at a ratio of 10 to one
- Both sides completely halt their military operations
- Aerial reconnaissance operations over Gaza stop for eight hours a day
- All 40 Israeli hostages released in exchange for 400 Palestinian prisoners
- Gradual return of all displaced civilians, except men of military service age, to the northern Gaza Strip
- After the start of the first phase, Israel is repositioning its forces away from densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip
- Commitment to deliver 500 trucks of humanitarian aid per day
- Commitment to provide 200,000 tents and 60,000 caravans
- Allow the rehabilitation of hospitals and bakeries in Gaza, including allowing the access of equipment and providing fuel for these purposes
- Israel agrees to deploy heavy machinery and equipment to remove debris and assist with other humanitarian purposes
- Israel provides quantities of fuel shipments for humanitarian purposes that are increasing over time. Hamas promises not to use the machines and equipment to threaten Israel
- It is clear that the arrangements agreed in the first phase will not apply to the second phase, which will be the subject of subsequent and separate negotiations.
US negotiators EgyptAnd Qatar have drawn up an agreement that will see Hamas release a number of hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and a six-week ceasefire.
Read more about the ceasefire
During the temporary pause, negotiations for the release of the remaining hostages held captive by militants would continue.
Biden told reporters in New York on Monday, after taping an appearance on NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, “My national security adviser tells me we’re close.”
‘We’re close. We’re not done yet.
“I hope we have a ceasefire next Monday.”
He said during the Meyers interview: “Ramadan is coming and the Israelis have agreed that they would not engage in any activities during Ramadan either, to give us time to get all the hostages out.”
The president’s appearance came hours before details of the draft proposal were reported by Reuters.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s office previously said that the army had presented to the war cabinet its operational plan for a ground offensive against Rafah.
The Palestinian city, located in the southern Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt, is currently home to about 1.4 million people, most of whom are displaced Palestinians from other parts of Gaza.
Many in Rafah are now living in makeshift shelters without adequate food, water or blankets.
The humanitarian crisis has sparked global concern as Israel’s allies have warned it must protect civilians in the ongoing battle against Hamas.
Israel launched its operations in Gaza following an attack by the terror group on southern Israel October 7When militants killed 1,200 people and took about 250 others hostage.
A month’s pause in fighting has been announced as fears grow that only a few dozen hostages remain to be rescued.
At least 30 of the remaining 130 hostages are confirmed dead, but many more may have died under squalid conditions in Hamas’ terror tunnel network.
Israeli Prime Minister demands ‘proof-of-life’ to gauge number of captured survivors.
He has also fueled Hamas’ anger by demanding that high-ranking Hamas terrorists who have been traded for innocent hostages be deported to Qatar instead of Palestinian territories.
Progress was made after Hamas dropped “outrageous” demands, including a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the 40-kilometer-long coastal strip.
9
9
Netayahu said his forces will continue and destroy the remaining battalions of Hamas in the last stronghold of Rafah once the lull in the battle is over.
According to the newspaper, about 30,000 Palestinians have been killed since the conflict began Health Ministry, which makes no distinction between combatants and non-combatants.
The Israeli army this week claimed to have destroyed a massive underground tunnel complex used by Hamas.
The tunnel would have stretched ten kilometers between the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Cancer Hospital and Israa University.
Chief Operations Officer of the Nahal Brigade Combat Team, identified only as Major Ron, explained: “During our raids, we discovered an 18-meter deep tunnel under the hospital with two exits in both the southern and northern parts of the hospital.”
He continued: “Throughout the war we witnessed Hamas using civilian infrastructure, i.e. hospitals, kindergartens, schools and more, to dig tunnels and clear weapons, which we also found in the Turkish hospital.”
The Israeli military said the tunnel was used by Hamas’ Zeitoun Battalion and other brigades to move through the Strip, and that the tunnel contained underground chambers containing toilets, storage areas and the bodies of Palestinian officers killed in Israeli raids. troops.
But Dr. Subhi Skeik, the director of the Turkish hospital, said The times that the hospital had nothing to do with Hamas activities.
He said: ‘While I was in hospital I did not, to my knowledge, see anything directly or indirectly about the hospital grounds.
“There is nothing.”
9
9
9
9