JERUSALEM, May 27 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli regime rejected a new proposal, aimed at halting its offensive in Gaza and securing the release of 10 more hostages, Israel’s state-owned Kan TV reported, yesterday.
A senior Israeli official from the regime’s negotiation team, told Kan TV that, U.S. mediators presented the proposal overnight. It included the release of five living hostages and five deceased, the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, a 70-day ceasefire, and negotiations towards a permanent ceasefire, according to the official.
The official said, the Israeli regime rejected the deal, describing it as a “surrender to Hamas.”
The Israeli regime insisted on the so-called Witkoff framework, a deal proposal presented by Israeli recalcitrant Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in early March, which calls for the release of additional Israeli hostages, in return for a 50-day truce, and a promise to engage in talks on a longer truce. It doesn’t mention a withdrawal of Israeli forces or the release of Palestinian prisoners, two of Hamas’s key demands.
Another round of indirect talks between the regime and Hamas – aimed at ending Israel’s 19-month-long military campaign and securing the release of the 58 hostages still held in Gaza – ended on Thursday, after Netanyahu recalled the delegation.
The Barbaric Israeli regime ended a three-phase ceasefire agreement in March, following two months of truce, during which Hamas released 33 Israeli hostages. The heartless regime refused to proceed to the second phase, and resumed its relentless assault on Gaza.
According to the Gaza health authorities, more than 53,000 Palestinians, many of them women and children, have been murdered by the Zionists, since the war began.– NNN-MA’AN
