Final draft of breakthrough in ceasefire talks given to Israeli, Hamas leaders

[Craig Nigrelli]

MEDIATORS AT TALKS, BEING HELD IN DOHA, QATAR, HAVE NOW PRESENTED THE FINAL DRAFT OF A TRUCE TO BOTH ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THOSE INVOLVED IN THE CEASE-FIRE TALKS, ARE TERMING IT **A BREAKTHROUGH** WITH A SOURCE TELLING REUTERS, THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE PIVOTAL IN REACHING A DEAL.
THE DEAL WOULD RESULT IN THE RELEASE OF AT LEAST 30 HOSTAGES, HELD BY HAMAS IN THE GAZA STRIP EVER SINCE THE TERROR GROUP ATTACKED ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7TH 2023. IT IS BELIEVED THERE ARE ARE TOTAL OF 98 HOSTAGES, HOWEVER, AS MANY AS THREE DOZEN ARE FEARED DEAD.
IT APPEARS ISRAEL WOULD FREE HAMAS PRISONERS AS WELL. HAMAS TELLING THE TIMES OF ISRAEL “ WE RENEW OUR PLEDGE WITH OUR STEADFAST AND PATIENT PEOPLE AND WITH OUR HEROIC PRISONERS IN THE PRISONS, AND WE AFFIRM THAT THEIR FREEDOM IS NEAR. “
THE TALKS HAVE INVOLVED TOP ISRAEL OFFICIALS, PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP’S MIDDLE EAST ENVOY, STEVE WITKOFF, the biden adminisration’s top mideast adviser Brett McGurk, AND QATAR’S PRIME MINISTER. TRUMP HAS WARNED HAMAS THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES IF THE HOSTAGES ARE NOT RELEASED BY THE TIME HE TAKES OFFICE NEXT WEEK.
DONALD TRUMP – “if those hostages are not back, i don’t want to hurt the negotiation, if they are not back by the time i get into office, all hell will break out in the middle east and it will not be good for hamas, it will not be good for anyone all hell will break out. “
IN ADDITION, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SPOKE ON THE PHONE ON SUNDAY, WITH THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING THAT BIDEN STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA, A RETURN OF THE HOSTAGES AND INCREASE IN HUMANITARIAN AID.
THE U-S HAS SAID SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR A DEAL WAS IMMINENT, ONLY FOR IT TO FALL THROUGH.
GAZA’S HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY CLAIMS MORE THAN 46,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE DIED IN THE LAST 15 MONTHS. HAMAS MILITANTS KILLED SOME 1200 ISRAELIS AND ABDUCTED 250 OTHERS IN THE INITIAL ATTACK THAT SPARKED THE WAR AND LED NETANYAHU TO VOW TO CRUSH HAMAS. NOW THAT ISRAELI AND HAMAS NEGOTIATORS HAVE HANDED THE PROPOSED DEAL OVER TO THEIR LEADERS, THE WAIT IS ON TO SEE WHAT THEY DECIDE. I’M CN FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP