Israel-Hamas War: Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas militants have agreed to a ceasefire to the 460-day war that impounded Gaza, displaced and killed several Palestinians. The ceasefire that has been agreed upon is a 3-phase deal that includes Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners and Hamas releasing the hostages. The deal also includes Israel withdrawing its troops from Philadelphi Corridor. Further the Rafah Crossing will also start to work gradually.
There is currently no agreement over who will administer Gaza beyond the ceasefire. Further, Israel has insisted that no written guarantees be given to rule out a resumption of its attacks once the first phase is complete and its civilian captives returned.
Qatar, alongside the United States and Egypt, has sought to mediate a deal for many months.
Take a look at what Hamas and Netanyahu has agreed upon in the 3-phase ceasefire deal.
The details of the three phased ceasefire proposal were shared by Al Jazeera, and Reuters.
Three-Phase Ceasefire and Hostage Exchange Agreement: The landmark deal will unfold in three phases. However, details of the second and third phases, though understood to be agreed to in principle, are to be negotiated during the first phase.
-Thirty-three Israeli captives, including women, children and civilians over the age of 50 – taken during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023 – will be released
-Israel will release a larger number of Palestinian prisoners during this phase, including prisoners serving life sentences. Among the Palestinians being released are around 1000 who were detained after October 7.
-Where the prisoners would be sent has not yet been agreed but anyone convicted of murder or deadly attacks would not be released to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and anyone who took part in the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel would not be released
-Israel will withdraw its forces from Gaza’s population centres to areas no more than 700 metres inside Gaza’s border with Israel. However, that may exclude the Netzarim Corridor, the militarised belt bisecting the Strip and controlling movement along it – the withdrawal from Netzarim is expected instead to take place in stages.
-Israel will allow civilians to return to their homes in the Gaza’s besieged north, where aid agencies warn famine may have taken hold, and allow a surge of aid into the enclave – up to 600 trucks per day.
- The Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza will gradually reopen, facilitating a significant increase in humanitarian aid to the region while ensuring that no weapons are moved into Gaza.
-Israel will withdraw from parts of the Philadelphi Corridor, which borders Egypt, completely no later than the 50th day after the deal comes into effect.
-If it is determined that the conditions have been met for a second phase, Hamas will release all the remaining living captives, mostly male soldiers, in return for the freeing of more Palestinians held in the Israeli prison system.
-In addition, according to the current document, Israel would initiate its “complete withdrawal” from Gaza.
However, these conditions, which have yet to be voted upon by the Israeli cabinet, are at odds with the stated positions of many of the far-right wing members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu’s cabinet.
Should the conditions of the second stage be met, the third phase will see the bodies of the remaining captives handed over in return for a three- to five-year reconstruction plan to be conducted under international supervision.
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