Egypt proposes plan to end Israel-Hamas war

EGYPT IS PROPOSING A PLAN TO END THE ONGOING WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS – WITH BOTH SIDES NOT YET REJECTING THE IDEA.

ISRAEL’S WAR CABINET MET ON MONDAY NIGHT TO DISCUSS THE MULTI-STEP PLAN.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS – THE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR A PAUSE IN FIGHTING FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW FOR THE RELEASE OF MORE ISRAELI HOSTAGES – INCLUDING CHILDREN, WOMEN AND THE ELDERLY —

IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RELEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 140 PALESTINIANS IMPRISONED IN ISRAEL.

THE PAUSE WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THE CREATION OF A TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE GAZA STRIP AND THE WEST BANK – CONSISTING OF SEVERAL PALESTINIAN FACTIONS INCLUDING HAMAS AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

ISRAEL AND HAMAS WOULD THEN NEGOTIATE AN “ALL-FOR-ALL” DEAL THAT WOULD SEE THE RELEASE OF ALL REMAINING HOSTAGES IN RETURN FOR ALL PALESTINIAN PRISONERS – AND ISRAEL’S MILITARY WITHDRAWING FROM GAZA AND PALESTINIAN MILITANT GROUPS HALTING ROCKET ATTACKS AT ISRAEL.

THE EGYPTIAN PLAN WAS SHARED WITH ISRAEL, HAMAS, QATAR AND THE U.S. LAST WEEK.

THOUGH A PROPOSAL MAY BE IN DISCUSSION – ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU GAVE NO SIGN OF A POSSIBLE DEAL IN THE WORKS — TELLING TROOPS IN NORTHERN GAZA ON MONDAY – QUOTE “WE’RE NOT STOPPING, THE WAR CONTINUES UNTIL THE END.”

IN AN OP-ED PIECE PUBLISHED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL LATER IN THE DAY – NETANYAHU OUTLINED THREE THINGS HE SEES AS NEEDED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED FOR PEACE – “HAMAS MUST BE DESTROYED, GAZA MUST BE DEMILITARIZED, AND PALESTINIAN SOCIETY MUST BE DERADICALIZED.”