A current plan for an exchange between Israel and Hamas to return Israeli hostages has been outlined, according to Channel 13 reports on Monday.
While the development of another hostage deal during the Israel-Hamas war was unclear to the public for a while, this plan has been revealed to be in the works for negotiation over the past two weeks.
The initial report of the outline is a plan that would take place in three to four stages.
Details of the outlined plan
As a condition to progress in each of these stages, one of the main requirements that Israel would need to agree to would be the release of captured terrorists, including senior Hamas officials and terrorists who’ve murdered multiple civilians
The stages of hostage release plan are outlined as follows:
In the first stage, women who remain alive and in captivity and all elderly men would be released. It is currently unclear if their release would occur simultaneously. However, the intention behind the first step is to act as humanely as possible in the removal of the hostages from Hamas captivity.
The second stage would be the release of young men. And lastly, the final stage would include the release of soldiers along with the return of bodies being held by Hamas.
This plan is still an outline and is not concrete. No further proposal has come from Hamas in recent days.
According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, any rumors of a proposal by Hamas are fake.
“There is an initiative of ours, and I will not go into details,” Netanyahu stated in his meeting with representatives of the families of the hostages in his office in Jerusalem.
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