The Israeli government, under intense pressure to bring back the hostages, has just agreed to a new hostage deal with the Hamas terrorists that may possibly see some hostages released in exchange for land given away and thousands of terrorists released.
VIN and Anash.org
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip where many Jewish soldiers have been killed and raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting caused by Hamas terrorists.
The deal, coming after weeks of painstaking negotiations in the Qatari capital, promises the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases, the release of over a thousand Arab terrorists held in jail in Israel and would allow hundreds of thousands of Arabs in Gaza to return to what remains of their homes and for Hamas to regroup.
Three officials from the U.S. and one from Hamas confirmed that a deal had been reached, while a senior Israeli official said details are still being ironed out.
All three U.S. officials requested anonymity to discuss the contours of the deal before the official announcement by mediators in Doha.
President Joe Biden was preparing to address the breakthrough agreement later Thursday, officials said.
Any agreement still needs to be approved by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet, but is expected to go into effect in the coming days.
The deal is expected to deliver an initial six-week halt to fighting that is to be accompanied by the opening of negotiations on ending the war altogether, which Israel originally insisted they would hold firm to and said that it was non-negotiable.
According to what Hamas has claimed, as part of the deal over six weeks, 33 of the nearly 100 hostages are to be reunited with their loved ones after months in captivity with no contact with the outside world, though it’s unclear if all are alive.
Many longer-term questions about postwar Gaza remain, including who will rule the territory or oversee the daunting task of reconstruction.
According to reports, one person was killed and several others injured in Beirut’s Dahieh suburb following celebratory gunfire marking the Gaza ceasefire.
After fighting for a year and a half that are going to give away land and release thousands of terrorists? This is a terrible deal
Don’t Give in it will just make them do it again and its too much to loose any more karbanot
The murderers being released are still intent on murder.
You do NOT fight a war to free the hostages,
You fight a war to DESTROY THE ENEMY,
you do NOT negotiate with TERRORISTS,
As the saying goes:
“You give them a finger,
And,
They want a hand”.