2 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
New Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Would Come With U.S. Assurances on Talks to End War
Hamas is weighing a proposed new 60-day cease-fire and hostage-release deal in Gaza that, if signed, would immediately trigger American-backed negotiations between the militants and Israel aimed at a permanent end to the war, Arab officials involved in the talks said.
The terms of the new proposal, put together by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff along with mediators from Egypt and Qatar, also call for, among other things, the exchange of 10 living hostages for a larger number of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, the officials said.
