Israel – Times of Israel, April 07, 2025
Proposal reportedly a compromise between Hamas offer of 5 hostages, Israeli insistence on 11; Hamas delegation set to arrive in Cairo for meeting with mediators.
Egypt has put forward a new proposal for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, according to an Arab report Monday, though an Israeli official said that Jerusalem has not received any new offer from Cairo.
The London-based Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported, citing an informed Egyptian source, that the new proposal provides for the return of eight living hostages and the bodies of eight slain hostages in exchange for the release of large numbers of Palestinian terrorists and security prisoners and a truce lasting between 40 and 70 days.
The source said that the proposal represents a compromise between a Hamas offer to release five hostages in return for a 50-day truce and an Israeli demand for the release of 11 living hostages.
The report also said that, according to the new proposal, the eight living hostages would not be released all at once but in stages. So far, neither side has issued a final response to the proposal, it said.
