According to the report, as a trust-building step, Israel will release dozens of prisoners, and then the bodies of the late Goldin and Saul will be transferred • A-Azhar: "The organization is ready to show flexibility"

According to reports in the Arab and Palestinian media, the initiative proposed by Hamas leader Gaza, Jaya Sinwar, for a prisoner exchange deal with Israel, will be implemented in two stages, similar to the Shalit deal. 

Yahya Sinwar comes to a demonstration on the Gaza border

As a first condition, Hamas is reportedly offering a preliminary deal as a first step and building a trust in which Israel will release several dozen elderly and sick prisoners, as well as a similar number of minors and women imprisoned in Israel. The move will be made in exchange for information about the fate of Israeli civilians who have crossed into the Gaza Strip and are held by Hamas. In the second phase of the deal, Israel will release Palestinian prisoners according to a list submitted by Hamas in exchange for restoring the bodies of IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and the late Oron Saul, which the terrorist organization holds. 

In an interview given by Hamas senior Mahmoud al-Azhar to Palestinian media, he reiterated the highlights of the initiative presented by Sinwar that Israel will initially release dozens of elderly prisoners over 70, severely ill over 60, and a similar number of Palestinian women and minors imprisoned in Israel - in exchange for information on The fate of Israeli civilians who cross the Gaza Strip and are held by Hamas. 

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As mentioned, according to various reports published in Arab and Palestinian media, this is a preliminary deal as a confidence-building measure for a bargain that will include the restoration of the bodies of IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and the late Oron Saul. 

Hamas senior Mahmoud al-Azhar said in an interview with media outlets in Gaza that the terms of the deal in which the 25 Palestinian prisoners were released as part of the Shalit deal in 2011 may serve as the basis for the first stage of an initiative developed by Sinwar and mediated by Egyptian intelligence.

In addition, Azhar emphasized in interviews that he said: "Hamas is ready to show flexibility to execute the deal."