Hamas told Arab mediators last week that it is willing to enter a long-term truce with Israel during which it would halt all military operations, including the development of weapons and the digging of tunnels, two officials familiar with the matter told Israeli media on Sunday, April 20.
The truce would be part of a comprehensive deal that the terror group is seeking to end the Gaza war sparked by its October 7, 2023, onslaught, a senior Palestinian official and a diplomat from an Arab mediating country said.
Hamas is also willing to cede governing control of Gaza to an independent body of Palestinian technocrats, as envisioned by an Egyptian proposal for the postwar administration of the Strip, the officials said.
To enforce the halt on military activities against Israel, some Hamas officials have indicated willingness to have all of the group’s weapons placed in a guarded warehouse, according to the Arab diplomat.
As for the length of the truce, Hamas is willing for it to last five, 10 or even 15 years, the Palestinian official said. The idea goes further than Hamas has been willing to go in the past but still falls well short of the full disarmament that Israel is demanding, and is accordingly a nonstarter. (TOI/VFI News)
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