PNN – An American publication, citing Zionist officials, reported that there was cautious optimism about reaching an agreement with Hamas over the hostages, but that any agreement would be temporary and limited.
According to the International group of Pakistan News Network, an American newspaper reported on Saturday, citing Israeli officials, that there is cautious optimism about reaching an agreement with Hamas over the hostages, but that any agreement would be temporary and limited.
The New York Times also reported on Friday that Hamas and Israel are negotiating two plans for the exchange of prisoners.
According to the report of this newspaper, one of these plans includes the release of a small number of prisoners, and the second plan may lead to the release of 100 prisoners.
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Under one of the plans, Hamas will release 10 to 20 prisoners in exchange for a brief pause in the war. Hamas may release about 100 more prisoners in the future.
Hamas has called for a ceasefire in the war, humanitarian aid, fuel for hospitals and the release of women and children from Israeli prisons in order to release all prisoners who are not directly part of the Israeli military.
The New York Times quoted informed sources as saying that Israeli officials have expressed doubts about the release of Palestinian prisoners.
A few hours earlier, the Saudi network “Al-Arabiya” claimed that an agreement has been reached between the Palestinian Islamic Resistance (Hamas) and the Zionist regime on the exchange of prisoners.
This Saudi network wrote: “There has been an agreement on the release of women and children captives by Israel in exchange for the release of 100 women captives from Hamas.”
The Egyptian network “Al-Qaira” quoted the sources it called knowledgeable, and wrote that Cairo’s negotiations to establish a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza have reached an agreement.