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2024-02-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
US, Israel, Egypt and Qatar have agreed on 'basic contours' of hostage deal
[GEO.TV] The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Israel have come to an understanding of the "basic contours" of a hostage deal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on CNN on Sunday.

The deal is still under negotiation, said Sullivan, who added there will have to be indirect discussions by Qatar and Egypt with Hamas.
That’s nice. And when Hamas refuses the opportunity for peace yet again, or signs off and then breaks it within days, we will all totally not be surprised, mkay?
The Times of Israel adds:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is demanding that any high-level Palestinian security prisoners released in a potential deal with Hamas be deported to Qatar as a condition of their release, Channel 12 reports.

According to the report, Netanyahu raised the demand during discussions by the war cabinet last night when Israel’s delegation to the Paris summit on a hostage-truce deal briefed ministers on their progress.

In addition, Ynet reports that Netanyahu also said in last night’s telephone consultations that he was not prepared to advance on the parameters of a deal until Israel receives a list specifying which of the 130 hostages held in Gaza since October are still alive.
Dead hostages are worth less in trade errr… ransom. Everybody knows that!
According to an anonymous official, the other members of the war cabinet, including observers Aryeh Deri and Ron Dermer, support the current outline for the hostage deal, leaving Netanyahu alone in his purported objections to it.
But he is the only one who is the prime minister. The rest are just cabinet members, serving at his pleasure. Like in all parliamentary democracies, he can simply send them back to the Knesset to be ordinary MKs.
Posted by Fred 2024-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
 File under: Hamas 

#1 Oh, are they holding hostages?
Ahh, thought not.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-26 06:32||   2024-02-26 06:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Israeli delegation in Doha says no progress made as Hamas indicates to mediators its refusal to budge on demands although no official response is given; Israel wants to know who among the hostages are alive and who are not
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-02-26 16:48||   2024-02-26 16:48|| Front Page Top

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