Kidnapped families block Ayalon/Danur Aharon, ZM
During the summit in Paris yesterday (Sunday), a three-stage outline was agreed upon to be presented to Hamas - according to which in the first stage of the deal 35-40 Israeli abductees will be released, including women, men over 60 and abductees in serious medical condition.
This, in exchange for a six-week truce in fighting and the release of Palestinian prisoners - according to senior Israeli and Qatari officials.
The War Cabinet will discuss the details of the outline tonight.
In the outline that was presented, only the first phase is detailed, while the next two phases are described only in general with the intention of conducting a separate negotiation on them during the sixth week of the pause. "The goal is to enter phase A with a statement on phases B and C without closing them in detail , said a senior Israeli.
Demonstration of the families of the abductees, Kariya, January 29, 2024/Official website, Danor Aharon
The second phase of the deal will include the release of men - soldiers and civilians under the age of 60. In the third phase, bodies of abductees held by Hamas will be transferred.
In each of the stages, a different "key" will be determined for the number of Palestinian prisoners to be released for each Israeli abductee.
The duration of the truce in the second and third stages has not yet been defined and will be determined in the negotiations, but senior Israeli officials estimated that it would be many weeks of truce
. It is to get Hamas to say yes and agree to start talking about the details," said a senior Israeli official.
In the meantime, the Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdel-Rahman Al-Thani, said a short time ago at an event at the "Atlantic Council" in Washington: We have made progress in the negotiations and are in a better place than where we were a few weeks ago.
We hope that a deal will lead to the release of the hostages and stop the bombings in Gaza and stop the killing of the civilians."
According to him, "Yesterday there was progress in the way of building an infrastructure for the continuation of the negotiations.
We will forward the proposal to Hamas and we hope they will agree to negotiate in a constructive manner."
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The Prime Minister of Qatar at an event at the Atlantic Council in Washington, USA. January 29, 2024/Barak Rabid
"It is impossible to punish an entire population in Gaza for the actions of a small group. If this deal does not lead to a breakthrough, we will have to try another way. We are mediators, we are not a party to the conflict. The framework we agreed upon yesterday is based on the positions of Israel and Hamas and we are trying to find an agreement."
The Qatari Prime Minister added: "I hear a lot that we have the ability to put pressure on Hamas. Our job is to mediate and put pressure on both sides with words and meetings and proposals. Beyond that - we don't think that Qatar is a power that can force anything on one of the sides. We are trying to bridge the gaps. Our way worked in the previous deal."
The Prime Minister of Qatar also addressed the criticism voiced by the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and replied: "I don't want to comment on such a statement. We don't expect Netanyahu to thank us. We think our role is important and he has proven that we bring results and don't just talk or use it for political purposes." .
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