TEL AVIV — Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would quiet the guns in Gaza for four and a half months, leading to an end to the war, in response to a proposal sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators that was backed by the US and Israel, Times of Israel reported Wednesday.
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According to a draft document seen by Reuters, the
Hamas counterproposal envisions three phases, each lasting 45 days.
The proposal would see Hamas exchange the remaining Israeli captives in its custody for Palestinian prisoners. The reconstruction of Gaza would begin, Israeli forces would withdraw completely, and bodies and remains would be exchanged.
US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken arrived overnight in Israel after meeting the leaders of mediators Qatar and Egypt in the most serious diplomatic push of the war so far aimed at reaching an extended truce.
According to the Hamas counterproposal, all Israeli women hostages, males under 19, the elderly and sick would be released during the first 45-day phase in exchange for the release of
Palestinian women and children from Israeli jails.
Remaining male hostages would be released during the second phase, and remains exchanged in the third phase. By the end of the third phase, Hamas would expect the sides to have reached agreement on an end to the war.
The group, which
governs Gaza, said in an addendum to the proposal that it seeks the release of 1,500 prisoners, a third of whom it wants to select from a list of Palestinians handed life sentences by Israel.
The truce would also increase the flow of food and other aid to
Gaza’s civilians, with the group demanding 500 trucks a day and fuel into the entire Strip in the first phase
It also demanded the entry of at least 60,000 temporary homes and 200,000 shelter tents into the Gaza Strip in the first phase.
Hamas also demanded the return of the displaced to their homes and the guarantee of freedom of movement between the north and south of the Gaza Strip
.
Urgent |Hamas also demanded that settlers stop storming Al-Aqsa as per status quo understandings.
It also asked for the approval of a plan to reconstruct homes, economic facilities, and public facilities within a maximum period of three years.
- Hamas asked to end the truce talks before the second phase and to ensure the departure of Israeli forces and the start of reconstruction.
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