GAZA CITY: Hamas stated on Monday (Apr 15) that Israel has provided a 45-day ceasefire if it releases half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza, which the United Nations stated is now within the grip of its worst humanitarian disaster because the begin of the conflict.
A Hamas official advised AFP that Israel had additionally demanded that the Palestinian militants disarm to safe an finish to the Gaza conflict however that this crossed a “purple line”.
Egyptian mediators handed on an Israeli proposal that “consists of the discharge of half the hostages within the first week of the settlement, an extension of the truce for at the least 45 days, and the entry of assist,” the official stated.
Militants took 251 hostages in the course of the Oct 7, 2023 assaults that set off the conflict. Some 58 are still held in Gaza, together with 34 the Israeli army says are lifeless.
“The proposal consists of the disarmament of Hamas and all Palestinian armed factions within the Gaza Strip as a situation for a everlasting finish to the conflict,” the official added.
Hamas leaders have been reviewing the ceasefire proposal however the official stated: “Hamas and the resistance factions’ place is that the resistance’s weapons are a purple line and non-negotiable.”
The official stated Hamas negotiators have been going to Qatar, the place the group has an workplace and the principle mediation talks with Israel have been held. Israel didn’t instantly touch upon the Hamas assertion.
“Hamas knowledgeable the mediators that it’s prepared to comply with any proposal that features a everlasting ceasefire, a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and the entry of assist,” the official stated.
