Two main obstacles stay within the hostage deal/ceasefire negotiations in Doha, Hamas sources informed the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese information outlet Al-Akhbar on Thursday.
The first of those points is Israel’s demand that Hamas present it with “an inventory of the names of all dwelling and deceased prisoners,” the sources informed Al-Akhbar. The second reportedly considerations an Israeli demand that troopers held hostage in Gaza be included “in lists of prisoners who meet the standards for the humanitarian section.”
According to the Hamas sources, the primary demand would first require, at minimal, a week-long pause within the combating that Hamas and different terror organizations in Gaza might use to find and decide the standing of the hostages remaining within the Strip.
Hamas reportedly sees the latter demand as an alteration to the beforehand agreed-upon ceasefire/hostage deal framework.
‘Status of ongoing negotiations in Doha is great’
Despite the reported sticking factors, “the standing of ongoing negotiations in Doha is great, with the vast majority of excellent points resolved, making it probably that we’re very near reaching an settlement,” the Hamas sources informed the Lebanese outlet.
Further, the sources informed Al-Akhbar that Hamas believes that if Israel is genuinely motivated to finish a deal, the 2 problems with disagreement might be overcome.
Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, diplomats acquainted with the negotiations famous that there have been nonetheless a number of hurdles forward within the ongoing talks.
According to the diplomats, Hamas had neither provide you with an inventory of hostages it was prepared to launch nor offered mediators with an inventory of prisoners it could like launched from Israeli prisons as part of the deal.
Nevertheless, Arab media reported on Wednesday that safety prisoners launched in a possible might be subsequently deported to Qatar and Turkey.
Amichay Stein and Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.
