Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credit: SAID KHATIB / AFP 1:57 p.m., March 15, 2024
As part of this truce, 42 hostages - women, children, elderly and sick people - could be released in exchange for 20 to 50 Palestinian prisoners depending on the case, much less than what Hamas has demanded so far.
Hamas, which until now demanded a definitive ceasefire in Gaza before any exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, is now ready for a six-week truce, an official of the terrorist movement told AFP Palestinian.
As part of this truce, 42 hostages - women, children, elderly and sick people - could be released in exchange for 20 to 50 Palestinian prisoners depending on the case, much less than what Hamas has demanded so far.
According to Israel, 130 hostages are still held in Gaza, of whom 32 are believed to have died.
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