Waiting for Hamas' answer:
Vigilance in the political system for the possibility that the terrorist organization may publish today (Sunday) at 19:00 in the evening its answer regarding the proposal formulated at the summit in Paris.
The Saudi Al-Arabiya network reported from its sources that Hamas rejects a deal based on the outline of the previous strikes.
It was also reported that Hamas is interested in increasing the number of security prisoners to be released, and that Israel has informed the mediators that it opposes the number that Hamas wants to release.
This is not an official reference.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan tells @GStephanopoulos that a hostage deal in Gaza is not "right around the corner," but says "ultimately these kinds of negotiations unfold somewhat slowly until they unfold very quickly."
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Likud ministers, including Amichai Shikli, Avi Dichter, Yariv Levin, Israel Katz, Yoav Kish and Miri Regev, expressed opposition to the emerging outline for the hostage deal, and demanded that the negotiations be brought before the expanded War Cabinet and approved by it.
Prime Minister Netanyahu clarified: "We are making a tremendous effort and working in many ways to free our abductees, but not at any cost."
In the meantime, in the last few days, Hamas voiced demands that in the next deal in which hostages will be released, prisoners who were imprisoned for life sentences will also be included - including Marwan Barghouti and Abbas al-Sayed.
A Palestinian source estimated in the last day that Hamas will submit their answer with a comment regarding the cease-fire, which will include a demand for clarification regarding the achievement of full Hodna.
"Hamas thinks again that we will go to a truce of a few months and then Israel will return to Gaza? We need to reach the end of the war."
While Israel is waiting for Hamas' answer, the American national security adviser also makes it clear that now "the ball is in Hamas' hands."
The American National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, clarified that "the ball is in the hands of Hamas".
He also added that a deal that would lead to a ceasefire is "in the national security interest" of the US. Alongside this, Sullivan admitted that he "can't say that a deal is around the corner".
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