Positive was her answer Hamasaccording to Reuters agency, to the US proposal for a ceasefire for 60 days with Israelin return for the return of the hostages.
In particular, Hamas handed over her response to the US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, according to a Palestinian official to Reuters, who clarified that it was “positive and should help reach an agreement”.
According to a Palestinian source, this proposal “includes a 60 -day truce” in which Hamas will release half of the other Israeli hostages in exchange for the liberation of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
“We have handed over to the mediators, Qatar and Egypt, our response to the ceasefire proposal,” Hamas official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
“Hamas’ response is positive and I think it will help and facilitate the agreement,” said the Palestinian official close to the talks.
Trump said on Tuesday that Israel has agreed “the necessary conditions for finalizing” a 60 -day truce, during which efforts would be made to end the US ally’s war in the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet commented on Trump’s announcement and in their public statements, the two sides remain far away. Netanyahu has repeatedly stated that Hamas must be disarmed, a position that the militant organization, believed to hold 20 living hostages, has so far refused to discuss.
Netanyahu is about to meet Trump in Washington on Monday. Asked early Friday, USA if Hamas had agreed on the last framework of the ceasefire agreement, Trump said “we will learn it within the next 24 hours”.
Trump said he would be “very strict” with Netanyahu about the need for a rapid ceasefire in Gaza, and noted that the Israeli leader also wants such a cessation.
“We hope it will happen. And we look forward to happening sometime next week,” he told reporters earlier this week. “We want to get out hostages.”