HAMAS RELEASES STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO GAZA TRUCE PROPOSAL – Hamas has proposed a three-stage ceasefire plan
Hamas released a statement in response to a framework ceasefire agreement for the Gaza Strip.
In the statement Hamas said it responded “in a positive spirit, ensuring a comprehensive and complete ceasefire, ending the aggression against our people, guaranteeing relief, shelter, and reconstruction, lifting of the siege on the Gaza Strip, and completion of a prisoner exchange.”
Hamas has proposed a three-stage ceasefire plan in response to Qatari and Egyptian mediators in which the group would exchange Israeli hostages it captured on Oct. 7 for Palestinian prisoners, secure the reconstruction of Gaza, ensure the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces and an exchange of bodies and remains, according to a draft document seen by reporters.
Sources close to the talks have said the truce would last at least 40 days.