A truce until two months in exchange for all over 130 hostages still held prisoner at Gaza. It is the proposal that Israel has presented to Hamasthrough the mediation of Qatar and of theEgypt. This was revealed to the US online newspaper Axios they were two Israeli officials. This would be the longest ceasefire period since the Israeli counteroffensive began after the attacks Hamas of the October 7. The sources of Axios they explained that the Jewish state expects a response from Hamas, underlining that they are cautiously optimistic about the ability to make progress in the coming days. Confirmation then also came from Israeli TV Channel 12 who quoted Netanyahu himself who announced the government’s initiative during a meeting with a delegation of family members of the hostages.
In detail, he says Axios, the proposed agreement would provide for the release of all living hostages and the return of the bodies of dead hostages in phases. The first phase involves the release of womenaged men over 60 years old e hostages in critical medical conditions. Subsequent phases would include the release of women soldiersof men under the age of 60 not militarythen gods soldiers and finally gods bodies of the hostages.
Israel and Hamas will then have to agree on how many Palestinian prisoners they will have to be released for each Israeli hostagedepending on the category, and then they should take place separate negotiations on the names of the prisoners. Officials also say Israel would redeploy defense forces so that some are moved from the enclave’s main population centers, allowing a gradual return of Palestinian civilians to Gaza city and the northern Strip. Israeli officials stressed that the proposal makes it clear that Israel will not agree to put end to the war and will not agree to release all about six thousand Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli prisons. Also, second Channel 12Israel would agree to “change the scope” of his troops of Gaza.
It is clear that the one for the release of the hostages it has become a race against time for Netanyahu we can no longer afford to take the issue too far. Precisely on Monday, the protest from the families of the hostages spilled into Parliament from the streets with a request for the government to do more “to bring the kidnapped people home before it is too late”. A group of relatives, without the clerks being able to stop them, broke into the meeting of the finance commission of the Knesset interrupting its work. Yell outinvectives, threatsarms stretched upwards with i signs with the Photo of their loved ones. A climate of strong emotional tension which paralyzed the deputies of the commission and led to suspension of the session: images that have traveled around the world. “Contrary to what is claimed – Netanyahu defended himself – there is no sincere proposal on the part of Hamas. I want to say this in the most explicit way. Also because there is a lot of incorrect news that will certainly cause you pain.” The fact is that the family members of the hostages also set up their tents under the prime minister’s residence Jerusalem after the strong demonstrations of recent days in Caesareain front of Netanyahu’s private house, and in the square a Tel Aviv. A protest that is increasingly mixed with requests for the resignation of the right-wing government and new electionsnot to mention the isolation that Israel is suffering internationally with Netanyahu’s refusal of the two-state solution.
In the heated political climate surrounding the hostages, the Israeli Labor Party – holders of 4 seats out of 120 in Parliament – tried, also symbolically, to stir things up by presenting a resolution to the Knesset for the first time since the start of the conflict. motion of no confidence towards the government which – not surprisingly – had 18 votes in favor (against zero, because all the others left the Chamber) but did not reach the quorum of 61 votes out of 120 which would have led to the fall of the executive. The right-wing majority coalition only had to leave the chamber at the time of the vote to nullify any possibility of a concrete no-confidence vote.