Report: Hamas demands 1,000 prisoners in exchange for the release of women, children and the elderly from captivity - voila! news. After the end of the first phase a date be set for Israel's complete withdrawal from the Strip.
After that, the parties will discuss a second phase, in which the rest of the abductees will be released in exchanged for all the Palestinian prisoners. A senior Israeli official said last night that Qatar and Egypt have recently significantly increased their pressure on Hamas, including threats to expel senior Hamas officials from Doha.