Qatari mediators are pushing for an agreement to release about 50 hostages in exchange for a three-day ceasefire, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters.
In accordance with the emerging framework, Israel will also release a certain number of women and minors from Israeli prisons and increase the scope of humanitarian aid entering Gaza. According to the report, Hamas has agreed to the deal in general terms, but Israel is not yet negotiating the details.
Israeli officials confirmed that the deal was on the table for the release of women and children only in exchange for the release of terrorists imprisoned in Israel. Israel does not officially respond to the publications. The concern is that a deal will not include all the abductees and will make it difficult to continue operational activity in the Gaza Strip.
Reuters noted that the deal would require Hamas to prepare the full list of live abductees held in the Gaza Strip. According to the source who spoke to the news agency, there is no more comprehensive deal on the table. The Qatari foreign ministry and Hamas' political bureau in Doha did not respond to the report.
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