Senior Hamas official: We will respond "very soon" to the proposed hostage deal - voila! news. Earlier it was learned that the leaders of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh and Islamic Jihad Ziad Nachala spoke on the phone today.

According to the outline, in the first phase of the deal, 35-40 Israeli abductees will be released, including women, men over the age of 60 and abductees in serious medical condition. This, in exchange for a six-week lull in fighting and the release of Palestinian prisoners.