Hamas issues terms for permanent ceasefire with Israel – Reuters — RT World News

Reuters reported after reviewing the document that the Palestinian militant group Hamas is calling for a prisoner exchange and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza as part of a ceasefire agreement.

Early Friday, Hamas announced on social media that it had submitted its offer “Vision” A prisoner exchange deal with Israel with Qatari and Egyptian mediators. The group said it took this step as part of talks aimed at achieving this “Stopping the aggression against our people in Gaza and providing relief and aid to them, and [facilitating] Return of displaced people [by the conflict]”.

Reuters later revealed details of Hamas' proposal, which it said included a two-stage road map to end the fighting.

In the first phase, Hamas announced that it was ready to release Israeli women, including female soldiers, children, the elderly, and sick hostages, in exchange for Israel releasing between 700 and 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, about a hundred of whom were serving life sentences, according to what the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz” reported. . To the agency.

Reuters said that in line with the proposal, a final date for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza should be agreed upon after the end of the first phase.

She added that Hamas revealed its willingness to negotiate a date for a permanent ceasefire after the initial exchange of prisoners.

According to the agency, the group wants to release all detainees from both sides in the second phase of the plan.

But the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed hopes for an imminent ceasefire on Friday, saying in a message on the X website (formerly Twitter) that Hamas continues to produce “Unrealistic demands.

Netanyahu insisted on Thursday that Israel would complete its mission “judiciary” agitation. In order to do this, it was stated that Israeli forces would enter the city of Rafah on Gaza's southern border with Egypt, which has become the last refuge for more than a million displaced Palestinians.

At least 1,100 people were killed and 250 were taken hostage when Hamas carried out a surprise incursion into Israel on October 7. The movement released several prisoners during a week-long truce in November, but Hamas is believed to still be holding around 130 hostages. the people.

The latest information from the Gaza Ministry of Health indicates that at least 31,341 Palestinians were killed and 73,134 others injured in Israeli air strikes and ground operations in the Palestinian Strip during the past half year.