Netanyahu on the blueprint for the hostage deal: "We will not release thousands of terrorists"/Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister Netanyahu this evening (Sunday) directed the members of the Israeli negotiating team sent to the talks on the hostage deal to demand that some of the "heavy" prisoners who murdered Israelis and whose release Hamas demands be deported abroad and not allowed to return to Gaza or the West Bank - according to two sources Comments on the subject.
Despite News 12's report that Netanyahu demands that they be deported to Qatar, the two sources stated that Netanyahu mentioned the issue briefly and in general during a phone call with members of the negotiation team last night and there has been no detailed discussion about it so far. The sources stated that Netanyahu asked the members of the negotiation team From demanding to know in advance which of the abductees who belong to the categories that are supposed to be released as part of a future deal are among the lives, and this in light of the principle according to which for every living abductee that is released, Israel will agree to a day of ceasefire.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, February 7, 2024/Official website, Mark Israel Salem
War Cabinet discussion, January 25, 2024/Government Press Office, Amos Ben Gershom
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 go to Qatar tomorrow for talks on the outline of the deal. The delegation will take part in the talks on the humanitarian issues in the abductee deal, including the amounts of aid that will enter Gaza and more - as follows said a source privy to the details. According to him, the delegation will leave with a limited mandate.
Against the background of the talks, Netanyahu confirmed on Saturday that the Cabinet will this week approve the operational plans for the operation in Rafah. "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 Against the backdrop of the return of the negotiating team from France. "I sent a delegation to Paris and tonight we will discuss the next steps in the negotiations, and 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."
Netanyahu ended his message to the media by repeating his position and saying that "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 objectives."
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