Hamas agrees to parts of US ceasefire plan for Gaza
As the organization announced on its Telegram channel, its response to the United States includes a commitment to the partial release of Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners by Israel.
The Witkoff plan provides for the handover of 10 hostages and the remains of 18 other victims of Hamas to Israel during a 60-day ceasefire. Israel believes that there are currently 20 to 23 living hostages and at least 35 bodies of abductees in the hands of Hamas.
According to the Witkoff plan, the two sides are to negotiate the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for an end to the war during the 60-day ceasefire.
There is no guarantee for the final cessation of hostilities, but this has so far been a central demand of Hamas. It remains unclear how Hamas has responded to this part of the plan.
The Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strictly rejects a ceasefire in which all hostages are released and the war ends. Critics accuse it of wanting to continue the war indefinitely for domestic political reasons.
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