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 struggle.
A Hamas official advised AFP that Israel had additionally demanded that the Palestinian militants disarm to safe an finish to the Gaza struggle however that this crossed a “purple line”.
Egyptian mediators handed on an Israeli proposal that “contains the discharge of half the hostages within the first week of the settlement, an extension of the truce for at the very least 45 days, and the entry of support,” the official stated.
Militants took 251 hostages through the Oct 7, 2023 assaults that set off the struggle. Some 58 are nonetheless held in Gaza, together with 34 the Israeli navy says are lifeless.
“The proposal contains the disarmament of Hamas and all Palestinian armed factions within the Gaza Strip as a situation for a everlasting finish to the struggle,” the official added.
Hamas leaders had 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 had 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 keen to conform to any proposal that features a everlasting ceasefire, a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and the entry of support,” the official stated.
