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disinformation about ceasefire progress and insists it will not
retreat from its \u201cred lines."</div>
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<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">President
Donald Trump has portrayed a new Gaza ceasefire
deal as a near certainty, claiming it could be
signed as early as this week. \u201cWe gotta get that
solved. Gaza is\u2014it\u2019s a tragedy and [Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] wants to get it
solved, and I want to get it solved, and I think
the other side wants to get it solved,\u201d Trump said
Tuesday. \u201cA lot of hate, long-term hate, but we
think we\u2019re going to have it solved pretty
soon\u2014hopefully with a real solution, a solution
that\u2019s going to be holding up.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">The
indirect proximity talks underway in Doha may lead
to an agreement on a ceasefire framework,
particularly if Trump decides he wants a deal and
is willing to force Netanyahu to make concessions.
But a Hamas official with direct knowledge of the
negotiations underway in Qatar told Drop Site
Wednesday morning that, since Sunday, the U.S. and
Israel have engaged in a \u201cdeception game,\u201d one
aimed at strong-arming Hamas into signing an
agreement that would not end the genocide; permit
Israeli forces to remain deeply entrenched in the
enclave; and keep Israel in effective control of
whether\u2014and under what conditions\u2014 food, medicine,
and other life essentials are allowed to enter
Gaza.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">The
Hamas official said the Islamic resistance
movement will not compromise on a core set of \u201cred
lines\u201d it has established for any ceasefire: that
there will be a full withdrawal of Israeli
occupation forces and that the UN, not Israel,
will control humanitarian aid going into
Gaza\u2014administered on the terms of the original
January 19 ceasefire deal that Israel unilaterally
abandoned. Hamas also wants stronger language
stating that Trump would guarantee that Israel
maintains a ceasefire after an initial 60-day
truce and exchange of captives to negotiate an end
to the war.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">"The
only party capable of imposing a ceasefire on the
occupation is the United States of America,\u201d said
Taher Al Nunu, a senior Hamas official, in a
statement to Al Jazeera on Wednesday. He added
that, while Hamas appreciates the work of the
regional mediators from Egypt and Qatar to bridge
gaps, the U.S. \u201citself is the one that can force
Israel to stop this war and this aggression.
Therefore, if the political will and real
guarantees from the United States are available,
we are convinced that we will reach an end to this
war."</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Hamas\u2019s
overarching aim is to return to the basic terms\u2014on
aid distribution, Israeli troop positions, and
negotiations on a permanent ceasefire\u2014enshrined in
the January agreement signed by Israel and
endorsed by Trump and former President Joe Biden.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">On
Tuesday, Trump Special Envoy Steve Witkoff claimed
that the talks in Doha were yielding progress.
\u201cWe\u2019re in proximity talks now, and we had four
issues, and now we\u2019re down to one after two days
of proximity talks,\u201d Witkoff claimed. \u201cSo, we are
hopeful that by the end of this week, we will have
an agreement that will bring us into a 60-day
ceasefire.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">The
Hamas official told Drop Site that Witkoff was
lying in his claim that there was only one
outstanding issue to be resolved. \u201cWe insist on
our demands,\u201d the official said, adding that the
proposed terms laid out in Hamas\u2019s July 4 document
remained unchanged, despite media reports to the
contrary.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">His
comments were echoed in a public statement
released by senior Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq
on Tuesday night. \u201cGaza will not surrender\u2014and it
is the resistance that will impose the terms, just
as it has imposed the equations,\u201d he said.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">The
Hamas official noted that a Qatari delegation
visited the White House Tuesday for talks with
senior U.S. officials about a potential Gaza deal.
He suggested that Witkoff\u2019s comments about
successfully resolving some issues may reflect
terms the U.S. and Israel have told mediators
they\u2019ve agreed to\u2014not compromises reached between
Israel and Hamas. He dismissed media reports,
purporting to reveal Hamas\u2019s concessions on its
\u201cred line\u201d issues during the proximity talks, as
\u201ctotally false.\u201d Much of the negotiating, he said,
appeared to be between Israel and the U.S.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">In
a statement on Wednesday, Hamas denounced what it
called Israel\u2019s \u201cobstinacy\u201d in the ceasefire
negotiations.</p>
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of the Negotiations</strong></h2>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">During
the indirect proximity talks that began in Doha on
Sunday, Israeli negotiators offered no significant
concessions, despite pervasive reports in the
Israeli press that the U.S. was applying pressure
on Netanyahu, according to the Hamas official.
Instead, he said, Israel amplified its threats to
expand its military presence in southern Gaza,
according to the Hamas official. \u201cAll of this is
to prepare for their plans of forceful\u2014or
\u2018voluntary\u2019\u2014emigration of the Palestinians,\u201d he
said.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Israel\u2019s
defense minister confirmed as much on Monday,
saying that Israeli forces intend to build what he
cynically called a \u201chumanitarian city\u201d on the
rubble of what was once the city of Rafah, near
the Egyptian border. As part of any deal, Israel
said it wanted to keep its forces positioned in a
7.5 mile-wide stretch of southern Gaza between the
Philadelphi corridor and the so-called Morag Axis,
which Israel created in April, separating Rafah
from Khan Younis. It is near this area that
hundreds of Palestinians have been killed since
late May as they sought meager food rations from
the U.S.-Israeli-created Gaza Humanitarian
Foundation (GHF).</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Israel
Katz, the defense minister, claimed that an
initial 600,000 Palestinians would be confined to
the camp and would not be allowed to leave. They
would be subjected to \u201csecurity screenings,\u201d
ostensibly to ensure they have no connection to
Hamas, and then housed in tents.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>"The
plan is essentially to move all civilian Gazans
south to a large tent city in Rafah, where they
will have hospitals and plenty of food," an
Israeli source </span><a
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"How did the prime minister put it? Give them
Ben & Jerry's, for all I care.\u201d The paper
said Netanyahu hopes to convince Saudi Arabia or
the United Arab Emirates to eventually take over
the administration of the camp. It cited an
Israeli official as saying that Netanyahu
believes that "if we do it, it will incentivize
the Emiratis or the Saudis to take over it and
say, 'We're freeing you from Israeli control.'
They will have legitimacy to intervene, without
being considered collaborators with Israel,
since they won't want to take part in a plan
that empties the northern part of the Gaza
Strip.\u201d</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">The
ultimate aim of the camp, Katz said, was to force
the population to \u201cvoluntarily emigrate\u201d to other
countries\u2014a goal that, he pledged, \u201cwill happen.\u201d
Katz said that construction in the zone could
begin during a potential 60-day truce.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">\u201cWe\u2019re
working with the United States very closely about
finding countries that will seek to realize what
they always say, that they wanted to give the
Palestinians a better future,\u201d Netanyahu claimed
after meeting with Trump on Tuesday evening, his
second face-to-face with Trump since he landed in
Washington D.C. on Monday. \u201cI think we\u2019re getting
close to finding several countries.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">But,
on Wednesday, Axios reported that the Trump
administration now understands that Hamas will not
agree to a deal that includes large deployments of
Israeli troops remaining inside Gaza. During the
White House meetings on Tuesday between Qatari
officials, Witkoff, and Ron Dermer, Netanyahu\u2019s
point man on the Gaza negotiations, the Qatari
official and Witkoff \u201cmade it clear to Dermer that
the map proposed by Israel\u2014which involves a far
more narrow redeployment than the one the IDF
carried out during the previous ceasefire\u2014is a
non-starter,\u201d according to Axios. A Qatari
official said the issue could collapse the talks.
Witkoff, according to Axios, told Dermer that
Trump opposed \u201can ongoing Israeli occupation of
large parts of the Gaza Strip.\u201d Israel then
suggested revised maps to the mediators, the
report said.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">\u201cThis
is media talk. We need to see the maps on the
ground,\u201d said Dr. Mohammed Al-Hindi, the lead
negotiator for Palestinian Islamic Jihad, in an
interview with Al Araby on Wednesday evening. He
called Israel\u2019s planned camp in Rafah, in southern
Gaza, the \u201cMorag ghetto.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">The
Hamas official told Drop Site that, late
Wednesday, Israel submitted a new proposal to
mediators demanding the creation of an
Israeli-controlled buffer zone encircling Gaza
that would extend two kilometers into Gaza in the
north and east of the enclave, as well as a four
kilometer (2.5 mile) zone cutting through southern
Gaza. This would mean that the Rafah crossing
along the Egyptian border\u2014Gaza\u2019s only gateway to
the outside world before Israel seized it\u2014 would
be under full Israeli control. The Hamas official
described it as creating a \u201cRafah ghetto.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Israel\u2019s
Channel 14 reported details consistent with what
the Hamas official said, saying that Netanyahu had
ordered the Israeli military to draw a line \u201cthat
can be lived with.\u201d The goal would be \u201cto create
another southern closure besides Philadelphi, and
thus perhaps withdraw from the Morag Axis and move
toward a [ceasefire] deal.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">In
the modified ceasefire draft Hamas submitted July
4, the terms called for Israeli troops to be
withdrawn to their positions from March 2, the day
Israel abandoned the original ceasefire deal. This
would mean the forces near Rafah would need to
begin withdrawing in the second week of a new
ceasefire deal, rather than establishing a
militarized prison-style camp in southern Gaza.
Hamas also proposed that the Rafah border crossing
with Egypt be re-opened \u201cin both directions for
travelers, the sick, the wounded, and trade.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Hamas
has insisted that it wants the UN and the Red
Crescent to administer the distribution of aid to
Gaza under the terms of the January ceasefire
deal. The Trump-backed draft of the latest
ceasefire framework, said that while the UN would
participate in distribution, it would not be in
charge. Israel has demanded that Israeli forces
retain this authority. The Hamas official said
that Israel\u2019s system is one of \u201cdeath traps\u201d for
starving Palestinians.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">In
an interview broadcast on FOX News on Wednesday,
Netanyahu said the UN would likely be \u201camong\u201d the
entities involved with aid distribution. \u201cBut we
have our own distribution system that has been
established to prevent Hamas from stealing the
food that is supposed to go to the population,\u201d
Netanyahu said. \u201cObviously we don\u2019t want to give
up the thing that we began with, which is
distribution that goes directly to the people\u2026. I
think we\u2019ll end up for the 60 days with both.\u201d
There is no evidence that Hamas has seized any
significant quantities of aid, a point that a
European Commission spokesperson reiterated this
week.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Al-Hindi
said the Palestinian negotiators oppose any
involvement of the GHF aid scheme in a potential
ceasefire deal, saying it would be used\u2014 alongside
the Morag camp\u2014as part of the plan to ethnically
cleanse Palestinians out of Gaza.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">\u201cThis
institution that is cloaked in humanitarianism is
a new crime of killing people. We have seen over
the past months that hundreds of Palestinians have
been targeted, including women, children, and
defenseless civilians who have no ties\u2014except
wanting to feed their children,\u201d he said. \u201cNow
they want to establish it in an agreement? That
is, we give it legitimacy by establishing it in
this agreement. The areas under Israeli control
[where GHF operates] are merely buffer zones with
no residents. The United Nations intervenes to
provide relief to the Palestinian people in areas
with residents.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Israel\u2019s
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Wednesday,
\u201cIf a temporary ceasefire is reached, we are
willing to negotiate a permanent one.\u201d This could
be interpreted as a new development, one which
Hamas has demanded that Trump guarantee, but Saar
also reiterated the maximalist position Israel has
taken from the beginning, claiming the war \u201ccan
end tomorrow if Hamas releases [all Israeli
captives] and lays down its weapons.\u201d He added:
\u201cHamas is not only responsible for initiating this
war, but also for its continuation. Pressure must
be applied to Hamas.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Throughout
various ceasefire negotiations during the past 22
months of Israel\u2019s war, the U.S. and Israel have
worked in tandem to submit ultimatums to Hamas,
and when Palestinian negotiators seek amendments,
the U.S. and Israel claim that Hamas has rejected
peace as the Israeli military assault on Gaza
intensifies, facilitated by U.S. arms and
political support. When it has signed such
agreements, Israel repeatedly violates the terms
and continues killing Palestinians. Israeli
officials have claimed that Trump offered
Netanyahu another \u201cside letter\u201d authorizing a
resumption of the war as part of any deal signed
with Hamas.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">During
the FOX News interview Wednesday, Netanyahu was
asked if Israel would resume the war should Hamas
violate a ceasefire. \u201cThat\u2019s obvious. We have the
right of self-defense at any time,\u201d he replied.
Netanyahu made no mention of the fact that Israel
repeatedly violated the January Gaza ceasefire
deal and then abandoned it before resuming its
military assault. \u201cI think on these matters, which
I always prefer to negotiate not in front of a
camera, I think there\u2019s a good chance we\u2019ll have
this ceasefire and that will get us closer to the
goal I set from the beginning: Let\u2019s get [the
Israeli captives] all back without capitulation.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Netanyahu
referred to Hamas as \u201cmonsters,\u201d and said,
\u201cThey\u2019re actually as bad\u2014and in some cases\u2014worse
than the Nazis.\u201d He promised that, after a
ceasefire, \u201cThey\u2019re not going to be there. So we
get our hostages out. We\u2019re going to take out
Hamas, and we\u2019re going to make sure that Gaza no
longer poses the threat to Israel or to anyone
else.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">On
July 4, Hamas submitted a handful of proposed
modifications to the framework Trump called the
\u201cfinal proposal.\u201d In doing so, Hamas made a series
of concessions, including a willingness to release
eight living Israeli captives on the first day of
a temporary truce. On day 50 of a deal, Hamas
would release another two, bringing the number of
living captives it holds down to ten. Hamas has
said it is aware that these captives are the
strongest bargaining assets that it holds.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Asked
whether he believed a deal could be reached this
week, Al-Hindi said, \u201cI can't say it's out of the
question. We're interested in reaching an
agreement and are making a great effort, and the
mediators are interested in reaching an agreement.
If Israel and Netanyahu want to reach an
agreement, [we can reach one] in five minutes.\u201d He
charged that Netanyahu \u201cwants a partial deal to
manage the continuation of the war and the
continuation of the aggression\u201d and to maintain a
veto over continuing the talks beyond 60 days.
\u201cTrump guarantees the continuation of the
ceasefire if the negotiations continue. But if
they don't continue? If Israel stops them? There
is no guarantee.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Even
if an agreement was reached on a framework for a
ceasefire, there remain myriad technical issues to
resolve, any one of which could stall or destroy a
potential deal.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">\u201cWhat
is being talked about is a general framework paper
and detailed talks have not yet begun\u2026 We seek to
bridge the gap for the negotiating framework and
to find a suitable environment,\u201d said Qatar\u2019s
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dr. Majed Al Ansari
Tuesday. \u201cWe are not yet talking about a final
agreement.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Multiple
news outlets have reported that Trump\u2019s unofficial
envoy, Palestinian-American academic Bishara
Bahbah, passed another message to Hamas assuring
the movement that Trump was committed to
sustaining the ceasefire beyond an initial
two-month truce in order to achieve a permanent
resolution. In the past, Hamas has said such
informal pledges were insufficient.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">\u201cNo
one can guarantee Israel\u2019s actions. These are
merely symbolic guarantees,\u201d said Al-Hindi, the
Islamic Jihad negotiator who is part of the
Hamas-led Palestinian delegation. \u201cPresident Trump
wants to come out and talk about the agreement. He
and [the other U.S. officials] don't care about
all the details we're talking about, while we're
suffering on the ground and the killing we're
seeing. No one cares about this. They care about
the image.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>The
Times of Israel </span><a
href="https://substack.com/redirect/b812f5c9-21a0-4229-8342-d41f3b0c89e9?j=eyJ1IjoibHZwcGIifQ.9RIwWbE6EVIB7Jy8lfazxZKfps8R18neRGMKwOiqnRM"
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Wednesday that, while the Trump administration
does not want Israel to resume the war after a
60-day truce, \u201cthe U.S. does not want that
possibility ruled out in the text of the
ceasefire proposal in order to hold Hamas\u2019s feet
to the fire and make sure that they negotiate in
good faith.\u201d</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">On
Tuesday, Netanyahu declared, \u201cWe are determined to
achieve all our objectives: the release of all our
hostages\u2014both the living and the fallen, the
elimination of Hamas\u2019s military and governing
capabilities, and thereby ensuring that Gaza will
no longer pose a threat to Israel.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Al-Rishq,
the senior Hamas official, said Netanyahu\u2019s
statement \u201creflects the illusion of psychological
defeat,\u201d adding: \u201cAfter the enemy's leaders
acknowledged their abject failure to recover their
captives through military operations, it became
clear that the only way to release them was
through a serious deal with the resistance.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Al-Hindi
acknowledged the pressure coming from Palestinians
inside Gaza to reach a deal. \u201cOur people know the
suffering, and right now all they want is to hear
that an agreement has been reached,\u201d he said. \u201cGod
willing, we will come out with an agreement that
will remove this oppression, this killing, and
this great pain from them.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">He
added: \u201cWe want to protect them after the 60 days
as well. The issue is not just to stop the killing
for a specific period. We want to protect our
people, and protecting our people is not dependent
on an agreement that Trump or someone else will
sign. It is dependent on this legendary
steadfastness that the Palestinian people have
achieved.\u201d</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><em>Below
is the full text of Hamas\u2019s amended proposal for
a Gaza ceasefire, which Drop Site translated
into English:</em></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><strong>4
July 2025</strong></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><strong>Framework
for Negotiating an Agreement to a Permanent
Ceasefire</strong></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>1.
</span><strong>Duration:</strong><span> A 60-day
ceasefire, during which there will be a
temporary cessation of military operations by
both sides. President Trump guarantees Israel's
adherence to the ceasefire during the
agreed-upon period.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>2.
</span><strong>Release of Hostages:</strong><span>
10 Israeli live hostages and 18 deceased
hostages from the "List of 58" to be released on
days 1, 7, 30, 50, and 60, as follows:</span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0;padding: 0;">
<li
style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">8
live hostages released on day 1</p>
</li>
<li
style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">5
deceased hostages released on day 7</p>
</li>
<li
style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">5
deceased hostages released on day 30</p>
</li>
<li
style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">2
live hostages released on day 50</p>
</li>
<li
style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">8
deceased hostages released on day 60</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>3.
</span><strong>Humanitarian Assistance:</strong><span>
Aid will be sent into Gaza immediately once
Hamas agrees to the ceasefire agreement. This
will be in accordance with the January 19, 2025,
agreement regarding humanitarian aid, including
the rehabilitation of infrastructure (water,
electricity, and sanitation), the rehabilitation
of hospitals and bakeries, the entry of
equipment necessary for removing rubble and
opening roads, and the opening of the Rafah
crossing in both directions for travelers, the
sick, the wounded, and trade.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Aid
will be distributed to the population of the Gaza
Strip through the United Nations, its agencies,
and the Palestinian Red Crescent.</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>4.
</span><strong>Israeli Military Activities:</strong><span>
All offensive Israeli military activities in
Gaza will cease upon this agreement entering
into force. During the ceasefire period, there
will be a cessation of aerial movement (military
and surveillance) in the Gaza Strip for 10 hours
daily, or 12 hours daily during days involving
hostage and prisoner exchanges.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>5.
</span><strong>Israeli Military Redeployment:</strong></p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0;padding: 0;">
<li style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">On
Day 1, after the release of the Israeli
hostages (8 living), redeployment will take
place in the northern part of the Gaza Strip
and in Netzarim corridor to the positions
where Israeli forces were deployed according
to the maps of the January 19, 2025 agreement,
with minor adjustments to be agreed upon.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<ol start="2" style="margin-top: 0;padding: 0;">
<li style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">On
Day 7, after the release of the Israeli
hostages (5 deceased), redeployment in the
southern part of the Gaza Strip to the
positions where Israeli forces were deployed
according to the maps of the January 19, 2024
agreement, with minor adjustments to be agreed
upon.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>6.
</span><strong>Negotiations:</strong><span> On Day
1, negotiations will begin under the auspices of
the mediators-guarantors on the necessary
arrangements for a permanent ceasefire,
including:</span></p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0;padding: 0;">
<li style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">Keys
and terms for the exchange of all remaining
Israeli hostages for an agreed-upon number of
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.</p>
</li>
<li style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">Issues
relating to redeployments and withdrawals of
Israeli forces and long-term security
arrangements within the Gaza Strip.</p>
</li>
<li style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">Arrangements
relating to the "day after" in the Gaza Strip,
which would be raised by either side.</p>
</li>
<li style="margin: 8px 0 0 32px;">
<p
style="color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">The
announcement of a permanent ceasefire.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>7.
</span><strong>Presidential Support:</strong><span>
The President is serious about the parties'
adherence to the ceasefire agreement and insists
that negotiations during the temporary
ceasefire, if successfully concluded by an
agreement between the parties, would lead to a
permanent resolution of the conflict.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>8.
</span><strong>Release of Palestinian Prisoners:</strong><span>
In exchange for the release of the living and
dead Israeli hostages in accordance with Article
2 above, Israel will release an agreed-upon
number of Palestinian prisoners. The release
will take place in parallel with the release of
the hostages in accordance with Article 2 above,
according to an agreed-upon mechanism, and
without public displays or ceremonies.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>9.
</span><strong>Status of Hostages and Prisoners:</strong><span>
On Day 10, Hamas will provide complete
information (proof of life and medical status
report/proof of death) regarding each of the
remaining hostages. In return, Israel will
provide complete information regarding the
Palestinian prisoners detained from the Gaza
Strip since October 7 and the number of deceased
Gazans held in Israel. Hamas commits to ensuring
the health, welfare, and security of the
hostages during the ceasefire.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>10.
</span><strong>Remaining Hostages Released Upon
Agreement:</strong><span> Negotiations on the
necessary arrangements for a permanent ceasefire
must be concluded within 60 days. Upon
agreement, the remaining Israeli hostages
(living and deceased) from the "List of 58"
submitted by Israel will be released. If
negotiations on the necessary arrangements for a
permanent ceasefire are not completed within the
aforementioned period, the temporary ceasefire
may be extended in accordance with Article 11
below.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>11.
</span><strong>Guarantors:</strong><span> The
Mediators\u2014Guarantors (the United States, Egypt,
and Qatar) will ensure that the ceasefire will
continue for 60 days and that serious
discussions will be held on the necessary
arrangements for a permanent ceasefire. The
Mediators will ensure that serious negotiations
continue for an additional period until the
parties reach an agreement, with the
continuation of the agreed-upon measures in this
framework.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>12.
</span><strong>Envoy Presides:</strong><span>
Special Envoy Ambassador Steve Witkoff will
travel to the region to finalize the agreement.
Steve Witkoff will preside over the
negotiations.</span></p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><br>
</p>
<p
style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>13.
</span><strong>President Trump:</strong><span>
President Trump will personally announce the
ceasefire agreement. The United States and
President Trump are committed to working to
ensure that good faith negotiations continue
until a final agreement is reached.</span></p>
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