Hamas has agreed to the most recent proposal from regional mediators for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage launch cope with Israel, a supply within the Palestinian armed group has instructed the BBC.
The proposal from Egypt and Qatar is claimed to be based mostly on a two-stage framework put ahead by US envoy Steve Witkoff in June.
It could see Hamas free round half of the 50 remaining Israeli hostages – 20 of whom are believed to be alive – in two batches throughout an preliminary 60-day truce. There would even be negotiations on a everlasting ceasefire.
It’s unclear what Israel’s response will likely be, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace has stated it can now solely settle for a deal if “all of the hostages are launched in a single go”.
In a video launched after the stories of Hamas’s approval emerged, Netanyahu didn’t remark straight however stated he received the impression that the group was “below immense strain”.
Later this week, his cupboard is predicted to approve the Israeli army’s plan to occupy Gaza Metropolis, the place intensifying Israeli strikes have prompted hundreds of Palestinians to flee.
The prime minister introduced Israel’s intention to widen its offensive and conquer all of Gaza – together with the areas the place most of its two million residents have sought refuge – after oblique talks with Hamas on a ceasefire deal broke down final month.
On Sunday, lots of of hundreds of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv to demand that their authorities agree a cope with Hamas to carry all of the hostages house now and finish the conflict.
Netanyahu accused the demonstrators of hardening Hamas’s negotiating place.
He has stated the conflict will solely finish as soon as all of the hostages are launched and Hamas disarms. He additionally desires Gaza to be demilitarised, saved below Israeli safety management, and run by an administration not linked to Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.
Hamas has referred to as for a complete deal that will see the hostages it’s holding exchanged for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, in addition to an finish to the conflict and the total withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. It says it is not going to disarm except an unbiased Palestinian state is created.
The Israeli army launched a marketing campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, during which about 1,200 individuals had been killed and 251 others had been taken hostage.
At the very least 62,004 individuals have been killed in Gaza since then, in response to the territory’s Hamas-run well being ministry.