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Reuters A displaced Palestinian woman, Makram Hamdouna, carries a water container outside her shelter, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip December 19, 2024. Reuters

A displaced Palestinian lady in Khan Younis within the southern Gaza Strip

Talks to succeed in a Gaza ceasefire and hostage launch deal between Israel and Hamas are 90% full, however key points stay that must be bridged, a senior Palestinian official concerned within the talks informed the ORIONEWS.

One of many principal sticking factors is the continued Israeli army presence within the Philadelphi hall, a strategically essential strip of land in southern Gaza alongside the border with Egypt.

The Palestinian official shared particulars of the discussions being held in Doha which embody the potential creation of a buffer zone a number of kilometres vast alongside the size of Israel’s border with Gaza.

Israel would retain a army presence inside this space, the official mentioned.

With these points resolved, a three-stage ceasefire might be agreed inside days, they added.

The deal would come with an change of 20 Palestinian prisoners for each feminine soldier launched within the first of three levels of the ceasefire.

The names of the prisoners are but to be agreed however could be chosen from round 400 names who’re serving jail sentences of 25 years or extra in Israel.

These usually are not thought to incorporate the senior Fatah chief Marwan Barghouti, whose launch Israel is anticipated to veto.

Israeli hostages could be launched in levels, as it’s believed that Hamas nonetheless must find among the lacking hostages.

Of 96 hostages nonetheless held in Gaza, 62 are assumed by Israel to nonetheless be alive.

Gazan civilians would be capable of return to the north, beneath a system with Egyptian/Qatari oversight, and there could be round 500 vehicles per day bringing support into the strip, the official mentioned.

Within the ultimate stage of the three-phase plan, which might see the tip of the 14-month conflict, Gaza could be overseen by a committee of technocrats from the enclave, who wouldn’t have earlier political affiliations however would have the backing of all Palestinian factions.

In current weeks, the US, Qatar and Egypt have resumed their mediation efforts and reported higher willingness by either side to conclude a deal.

A spherical of talks in mid-October failed to provide a deal, with Hamas rejecting a short-term ceasefire proposal.

Hamas and two different Palestinian militant teams mentioned that reaching a ceasefire settlement in Gaza “has turn into nearer than ever earlier than” provided that Israel “stops imposing new circumstances”.

In a Telegram assertion on Saturday, the group mentioned it held a gathering in Cairo on Friday on the continued negotiation efforts with representatives from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Well-liked Entrance for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

The Palestinian Islamist armed group Hamas, which ruled Gaza, carried out an unprecedented cross-border assault in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. About 1,200 individuals have been killed and 251 others kidnapped.

Greater than 100 hostages have been freed by negotiations or Israeli army rescue operations.

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