Netanyahu on the blueprint for the hostage deal: "We will not release thousands of terrorists"/Prime Minister's Office
Defense Minister Yoav Galant told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken today (Wednesday) during the extended meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the heads of the defense establishment that Hamas' answer to the outline for the release of the abductees was formulated so that Israel would refuse it.
"Your position will lead to the continuation of the war, and our forces to other places in Gaza, soon," Gallant told Blinken.
In the meantime, a senior Israeli official estimated that Israel would reject Hamas's response today.
According to him, the ball will pass to the mediators, Qatar and Egypt, who will try to pressure the terrorist organization to agree to a more reasonable framework.
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, earlier today the Reuters news agency published the plan proposed by Hamas for a ceasefire.
As part of the plan, which will have three stages, the terrorist organization demands the release of the abductees captured on October 7 in exchange for approximately 1,500 Palestinian prisoners, guarantees for the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip and a complete withdrawal of the IDF.
Blinken and Galant/Ministry of Defense, Ariel Harmoni
According to the proposal, in the first phase, which will last 45 days, all kidnapped women and men under the age of 19 will be released in exchange for Palestinian women and children imprisoned in Israel and humanitarian aid.
During the first phase, there will be indirect talks with Israel about ending the fighting and restoring calm.
In the first phase, Hamas demands, the rehabilitation of the hospitals and refugee camps in Gaza and the withdrawal of IDF forces from the population concentrations in the Gaza Strip will be possible.
In the second phase, Hamas offers the release of the remaining abductees in exchange for a certain number of Palestinian prisoners and the complete withdrawal of the IDF from the Gaza Strip.
In the third phase, which will last 45 days, remains of bodies will be exchanged between the parties, with the end of which Hamas hopes for the end of the war.
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Yesterday, Hamas delivered its response to the proposal formulated last month in talks in Paris between representatives from the United States, Israel, Qatar and Egypt.
He said that he responded to her "in a positive spirit", but reiterated his demands - including a complete halt to the war and the withdrawal of the IDF from the Strip - in exchange for the release of the abductees, conditions which Israel rejects.
While the Prime Minister of Qatar expressed cautious optimism about the progress of the talks, the President of the United States Joe Biden cooled the enthusiasm when he said that it appears that Hamas has "exaggerated a bit." According to him, "We are not sure where this is going, we are continuing negotiations." His Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, landed tonight in Israel, where he took off from Qatar, as part of another diplomatic trip to the region .
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