Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new ceasefire deal for Gaza. This is how it might look

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is successful Washington Monday to conscionable U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been pushing for a ceasefire that mightiness pb to an extremity to the 21-month warfare successful Gaza.

Israel and Hamas are considering a caller U.S.-backed ceasefire connection that would intermission the war, escaped Israeli hostages and nonstop much-needed assistance flooding into Gaza. It besides aims to unfastened broader talks astir ending the conflict.

Negotiations person repeatedly stalled implicit Hamas' demands for an extremity to the warfare and implicit Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, portion Israel wants Hamas to surrender and disarm earlier it ends the war.

While the last details person yet to beryllium agreed to by the sides, The Associated Press obtained a transcript of the proposal sent by mediators to Hamas.

Here is simply a look astatine however the truce mightiness look, according to that draft:

— The truce would past 60 days.

— 10 surviving hostages and the remains of 18 would beryllium released successful phases passim the truce.

— Palestinian prisoners held by Israel volition beryllium released successful speech for the hostages, though precise numbers were not detailed.

— Humanitarian assistance entering Gaza would beryllium ramped up importantly and would beryllium distributed by the United Nations. The connection makes nary notation of the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

— Israeli forces would retreat to a buffer portion on Gaza’s borders with Israel and Egypt. Israel has seized ample swaths of the territory since ending a erstwhile ceasefire successful March.

— On the archetypal time of the truce, the sides are expected to statesman negotiations toward an extremity to the war, but nary timeline is mentioned.

— The mediators — the U.S., Egypt and Qatar — volition service arsenic guarantors to marque definite the sides negociate successful bully faith.

— While determination is nary warrant the warfare would end, the connection states that Trump insists the talks during the truce “would pb to a imperishable solution of the conflict.”

— If the negotiations toward ending the warfare are not implicit aft 60 days, the ceasefire whitethorn beryllium extended.

— The connection says Trump volition personally denote the ceasefire woody erstwhile it is reached.

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