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Israel Gaza live updates: Israel strikes Rafah as fate of ceasefire deal hangs in balance - BBC News Israel Gaza live updates: Israel strikes Rafah as fate of ceasefire deal hangs in balance - BBC News
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A Hamas deputy leader in Gaza told the Reuters news agency that the ceasefire terms it agreed to today included an Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap over three phases. It's been a rollercoaster on the diplomatic front on Monday.
The BBC cannot independently verify the information at this point, but here are the details: First, Hamas stated it had agreed to a ceasefire plan drawn up through indirect talks facilitated by US, Qatar and Egypt.
Phase one: Would involve a 42-day ceasefire period where Hamas releases 33 hostages in return for the release of Palestinian prioners from Israeli jails. Israel then quickly rejected the deal, which has not been made public.
It would also involve Israel partially withdrawing troops from Gaza and allowing Palestinians to move freely from the south to north. Perhaps crucially, however, Israel did say it would send a delegation to Cairo for more (indirect) talks.
Phase two: Involves another 42-day ceasefire period in which a "sustainable calm" would be restored to Gaza and Israeli troops would completely withdraw. Qatar, the state where Hamas' leadership is based, confirmed that its delegates would return on Tuesday.
Hamas would also be expected to release Israeli reservists and some soldiers being held hostage in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners from jail. "The Qatari delegation will head to Cairo on Tuesday morning to resume indirect negotiations between the two parties," the Qatari foreign ministry said.
Phrase three: Would see the exchanging of bodies completed and the starting of reconstruction according to a plan overseen by Qatar, Egypt and the United Nations. It added that the diplomats "hope that the talks will culminate in reaching an agreement for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza strip".
It would also see the end of the Gaza Strip's complete blockade.
As we've been reporting, the exact details of the proposal agreed by Hamas are still unclear and Israeli's Netanyahu has said that the agreement was "far from meeting Israel's demands", adding that he would send a team to Cairo to negotiate further.
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