Benyamin Netanyhau confirmed that "the proposed agreement includes a temporary ceasefire for the release of hostages."
The Israeli prime minister added that the scheme presented by US President Joe Biden "is partial because there are other details that have not been published". "The war - he however specified - will be stopped in order to return the kidnapped ones and then we will discuss".
The Palestinian counterpart also opens: «Hamas has positively welcomed the ceasefire proposal in Gaza», said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.
In recent days the US president had illustrated a proposal, developed with the Jewish state and also submitted to Hamas, to reach a truce.
The proposal, the Washington leader explained, is made up of three phases: the first, lasting six weeks, with «a full and complete ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from all populated areas of Gaza and the release of a certain number of hostages including women, elderly people, wounded in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners". At this juncture, Palestinian civilians will be able to return to their homes and neighborhoods in all areas of Gaza, including the north, added the American president, specifying that humanitarian aid will increase.
Phase two "envisages the definitive cessation of hostilities based on the negotiations that will take place in phase one". Finally, phase three, in which "an important reconstruction plan" for the Strip will begin. The agreement, added the head of the White House, «will bring all the hostages home, make Israel safe and create a better government for Gaza without Hamas in power. The agreement lays the foundations for a political solution that offers a better future for both Israelis and Palestinians."
(Unioneonline)
