Exclusive: Hamas issues ceasefire proposal detailing exchange of hostages, prisoners

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Source: Reuters

March 15, 2024 3:37 AM EDT Updated an hour ago


DUBAI, March 15 (Reuters) - Hamas has presented a Gaza ceasefire proposal to mediators and the U.S. which includes the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for freedom for Palestinian prisoners, 100 of whom are serving life sentences, according to a proposal seen by Reuters.

Hamas said the initial release of Israelis would include women, children, elderly, and ill hostages in exchange for the release of 700-1000 Palestinian prisoners, according to the proposal. The release of Israeli "female recruits" is included.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday a new Gaza truce proposal presented by Hamas to mediators was still based on "unrealistic demands." His office said an update on the issue will be presented to the war cabinet and extended security cabinet on Friday.

Egypt and Qatar have been trying to narrow differences between Israel and Hamas over what a ceasefire should look like as a deepening humanitarian crisis has one quarter of the population in the battered Gaza Strip facing famine.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-issues-ceasefire-proposal-mediators-which-includes-exchanging-2024-03-15/

[mopinko]

1. sounds like an offer meant to be rejected.

i hope they dont expect a lot of good will for this.

[brer cat]

2. I'm not sure that 'reasonable' is possible with Bibi or Hamas.

They all need to go if there is to be peace in Gaza, but Hamas cannot be totally destroyed or evicted and Bibi will cling to power as long as possible. I assume they are both holding out for a "win," whatever that might be, while Palestinian children starve.

[ShazzieB]

10. And neither Bibi or Hamas care how many Palestinians, children or otherwise, starve.

To Bibi, the only good Palestinian is a dead Palestinian.
To Hamas, dead Palestinians are simply collateral damage.

As they say on /r/AmItheAsshole, Everyone Sucks Here.

[SouthernDem4ever]

3. How do you negotiate with terrorists?

You can't trust anything they say.

[JohnSJ]

4. Are all the hostages going to be released in this "offer"?

[Martin68]

5. Clearly they are not, as the list of types of hostages to be released does not include men in the age bracket of

active military personnel.

[JohnSJ]

6. No surprise

[maxsolomon]

7. Yes, in the 2nd stage.

But this is a permanent ceasefire proposal, not a temporary pause. Hamas is trying to end the IDF incursion with their grip on power intact.

Hamas said it presented to mediators a comprehensive vision of a truce based on stopping what it calls Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, providing relief and aid, the return of displaced Gazans to their homes and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.

[NickB79]

8. Hamas has repeatedly said they don't even know where all of the hostages are

How then are they going to release them?

[JohnSJ]

9. You mean they are not trustworthy?