A ceasefire-hostage deal brokered by the US seems within reach, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday evening.
The report quoted a senior US official who said on Wednesday that “the framework is agreed” and the parties are now “negotiating details of how it will be implemented.”
The agreement consists of a three-stage resolution, with the first state a six-week ceasefire, during which Hamas will release 33 Israeli hostages – all female and wounded hostages and men over 50 – in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian terrorists and a withdrawal of IDF troops from densely populated areas toward the eastern border of Gaza.
The report added that Israel and Hamas both agreed to an “interim governance” plan that would begin with Phase 2.
Neither Israel or Hamas would rule Gaza and instead “security would be provided by a force trained by the United States and backed by moderate Arab allies, drawn from a core group of about 2,500 supporters of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza who have already been vetted by Israel.”
If security is reached in postwar Gaza, a third phase would include a “multi-year reconstruction plan.”
The report claims that Qatar pressured Hamas to accept the deal by telling its leaders that they cannot remain in Doha if they rejected it. Additionally, “Egypt provided last-minute help by accepting an innovative U.S. proposal to block any new tunnels across the border between Egypt and Gaza after Israel withdraws its troops.”
The report noted that “officials caution that although the framework is in place, a final pact probably isn’t imminent, and the details are complex and will take time to work through.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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For this so many IDF soldiers lost their limbs and lives? So that Gaza will be given back to the animals, just because now they same terrorists will call themselves the “PA”?! That these people were “vetted by Israel” is laughable, as laughable as giving away Gaza and the West Bank to the “peace partners” so that there be a “peace deal”… What about the men under 50 being kept hostage?! They are allowed to suffer just because they are males under 50 years of age?! And to release all these terrorists that will do the same thing they’ve done before they were imprisoned so that there will be more terror victims?! Shame on Netanyahu, shame on the leftists. These people have no brains in their head. Their peoples’ blood is worth nothing to them. Disgusting.
So, after the first 33 the remaining hostages can forget about being released anytime soon? Hamas and its leaders getting away with it, call it their victory!
Hundreds of terrorists being released to start it all over again…
I think people are waking up by now (better late than never) realizing how bad the liberal deep state of Israel is, and how terribly weak Bibi and his Likud party are. They have virtually no leadership strength, they didn’t clean house when they took office, nor did bring any meaningful reforms to the corrupt justice department. Nor have they removed all the corrupt and failing leadership of the Army Shabak and the other agencies
Even after Oct 7, they kept all the failing army leader and FAILING POLICIES in place.
They are more afraid מה יאמרו הגוים שבין כך שונאים ישראל than what actual failures happen in the country
אין לנו להישען אלא על אבינו שבשמים
This or a similar outcome seemed inevitable since the day after October 7th. Israel should have strengthened their boarders and bombed from the air and not caused thousands of soldiers to live the rest of their lives without limbs, sending others to their deaths. And for this they want to pull talmidei chachomim away from the shtender?
HUGE MISTAKE! DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS.
Ahh so you mean to tell me a group “drawn from a core group of 2500 supporters of the PA” will be able to stand up to a minimum of some 15,000-20,000 remaining Hamas terrorists?! Does noone there recall what happened back when Hamas threw Fatah members off of rooftops and slaughtered hundreds of them? They HATE the PA with a passion. This is a sad joke.
Eileh elohecha, Zionists…
I love how you people think this is actually gonna happen…. like totally not. IF it does Israel will be monitoring everything like a hawk and wont let ANYONE do anything even to each other. System is gonna be riddled with Israeli spies ETC
To prevent a repetition of the events of October 7th, GAZA SHOULD NEVER BE REPOPULATED.