Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is now convening the cabinet for the management of the war, in Kirya in Tel Aviv/Maariv
The War Cabinet decided in a telephone consultation that took place last night (Saturday) with the heads of the Israeli negotiating team that a professional-technical delegation will leave for Qatar in the coming days. The delegation will take part in talks on the humanitarian issues in the hostage deal, including the amounts of aid that will enter Gaza and more - this is what a source said In details. According to him, the delegation will leave with a limited mandate.
In the meantime, voila! It was learned that the political-security cabinet will convene today to discuss the updated American outline for the hostage deal.
War Cabinet discussion, January 25, 2024/Government Press Office, Amos Ben Gershom
In the news center:
Earlier, it was announced that the Israeli delegation returned last night in the early hours of the morning from the Paris summit to allow a transition to detailed negotiations on an agreement for the release of hostages.
Also, some of the details that included the updated American outline were revealed - the main points include the release of several hundred Palestinian prisoners, the initial return of Palestinian citizens to the north of the Gaza Strip and reaching a total of six weeks of ceasefire.
The American outline also includes a significant increase in the amount of humanitarian aid that enters the Gaza Strip.
The next stages of the deal dealing with the release of the soldiers and the return of the bodies remain only general as in the previous outline.
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The families of the abductees cry outside the War Cabinet meeting, February 20, 2024/Niv Aaronson
The updated US outline:
The release of several hundred Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of 35-40 Israeli abductees, including civilian women, female soldiers, men over 50 and abductees in serious medical condition.
The number of prisoners that will be released for each of the female soldiers will be higher than for the other abductees that will be released at this stage and will also include "heavier" prisoners.
For each abductee who is released, Israel will agree to a day of ceasefire, when in total in the first phase of the deal it will be possible to reach a six-week ceasefire.
The American proposal includes an initial and limited return of Palestinian citizens to the northern Gaza Strip from the first stage of implementing the deal, under conditions to be defined later in the negotiations.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at a press conference in Doha, Qatar.
On the subject of the war between Israel and Hamas.
December 7, 2023/Reuters
What they say:
"We are working to obtain another outline for the release of our hostages, as well as the completion of the elimination of the Hamas battalions in Rafah," Netanyahu said.
"That is why I sent a delegation to Paris and tonight we will discuss the next steps in the negotiations, and therefore at the beginning of the week I will convene the cabinet to approve the operational plans for action in Rafah, including the evacuation of the civilian population from there.
Only a combination of military pressure and firm negotiations will lead to the release of our hostages, the elimination of Hamas and the achievement of all the war's goals."
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