Hamas has presented a Gaza ceasefire proposal to mediators and the U.S. that includes the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for freedom for Palestinian prisoners, 100 of whom are serving life sentences. As per Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Thursday, a new Gaza truce proposal presented by Hamas to mediators was still based on “unrealistic demands”. Netanyahu has rejected the latest truce and prisoner-exchange proposal and instead, has approved an Israeli military plan to launch an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Friday. “The IDF is prepared for the operation and to evacuate the (civilian) population,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. Earlier in the day, Hamas announced on social media that it had presented its vision of a prisoner swap with Israel to Qatari and Egyptian mediators and was looking towards a ceasefire agreement that would involve the withdrawal of invading Israeli forces from Gaza. According to Reuters, the Palestinian group proposed the release of Israeli women, including female soldiers, children, the elderly, and ill hostages, in exchange for Israel freeing between 700 and 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Once the prisoner exchange is complete,…
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