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Al Mayadeen obtains terms of Gaza ceasefire deal

Al Mayadeen | January 15, 2025

Al Mayadeen has obtained details of the Gaza ceasefire agreement with the Israeli occupation. The agreement, which outlines an eleven-clause framework, marks a significant step toward resolving the ongoing war and addressing the humanitarian crisis in the region.

Key terms of the agreement

  1. Israeli forces are required to fully withdraw from all areas of the Gaza Strip and return to the pre-war borders.
  2. The Rafah crossing must be reopened, with Israeli forces withdrawing entirely from the area.
  3. “Israel” is mandated to ease the travel of injured individuals for treatment abroad.
  4. “Israel” must permit the daily entry of 600 aid trucks, as per a humanitarian protocol backed by Qatar.
  5. “Israel” must facilitate the entry of 200,000 tents and 60,000 caravans for immediate shelter.
  6. A large-scale prisoner exchange will occur, including the release of 1,000 prisoners from Gaza and hundreds of detainees serving lengthy sentences.
  7. “Israel” is to release all women and children under the age of 19 from its prisons.
  8. Israeli forces must gradually withdraw from the Netzarim corridor and the Philadelphi Route.
  9. Displaced residents must be allowed to return to their homes, with guaranteed freedom of movement throughout the Gaza Strip.
  10. Hostile aircraft must vacate Gaza’s airspace for 8 to 10 hours daily.
  11. All hospitals in Gaza must be rehabilitated. Field hospitals, medical equipment, and surgical teams must be permitted entry.

Implementation phases

The first phase of the agreement, lasting six weeks, will involve the release of 33 Israeli captives, both living and deceased. This phase also includes the immediate return of displaced persons from southern Gaza to the north, facilitated by the withdrawal of Israeli forces from al-Rashid Street to the depths of the Netzarim corridor.

Subsequent phases will address the release of the remaining 66 captives held by Palestinian resistance factions.

If the deal succeeds, the gradual ceasefire could mark the end of more than a year of sporadic negotiations and result in the largest release of Israeli captives since the early stages of the war, when Hamas released roughly half of its captives in exchange for 240 Palestinian detainees.

In further detail, an Israeli official stated that negotiations were in advanced stages for the release of 33 of the remaining 98 Israeli captives, marking the first phase of the deal. In exchange, “Israel” will release 1,000 Palestinian detainees, according to a Palestinian source close to the talks, who added that the first phase would last for 60 days.

Meanwhile, Hamas fighters allegedly involved in Operation al-Aqsa Flood would not be released.

The Israeli official mentioned that the first stage of the agreement would involve the release of 33 captives, including “children, women, female soldiers, men above 50, and the wounded and sick,” as well as a gradual, partial withdrawal of invading Israeli units.

Commenting on the number of detainees, The Times of Israel considered, citing a copy of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press, that “Israel” will pay a steep price to secure the release of female soldiers being held captive.

Among the 33 would be five female Israeli soldiers, each of whom would be released in exchange for 50 Palestinian prisoners, including 30 convicted security prisoners who are serving life sentences.

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  1. 600 this, 60,000 that. 6 week, 66, 60 days (okay, 60 days is two months, but come on…this is all code)

    240 Palestinian ‘detainees’ 2+4=6

    [Rememeber Hilberg put the ‘holocaust’ victim number at 5.1 million? 5+1=6]

    This is all being written by Israel. What about the thousands upon thousands of Palestinian hostages?

    Meanwhile:

    Israel bombs Gaza following cease-fire announcement
    Warplanes target various areas in Gaza city, northern enclave in series of intensive airstrikes

    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-bombs-gaza-following-cease-fire-announcement/3451940

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    Dan Kelly's avatar Comment by Dan Kelly | January 15, 2025 | Reply

  2. ‘However, according to an Egyptian source cited by the Associated Press news agency, the three mediators involved in the talks – Egypt, Qatar and the United States – have given Hamas verbal guarantees that negotiations will continue and that all three would press for a deal that would see the second and third stages implemented before an initial six-week window has elapsed.’

    Not sure why anyone would trust the US, Egypt..or Qatar, for that matter.

    ‘What is planned for the second phase?

    If Israel determines that the conditions have been met for a second phase, Hamas will release all the remaining living captives, mostly male soldiers, in return for the freeing of more Palestinians held in the Israeli prison system. In addition, according to the current document, Israel would initiate its “complete withdrawal” from Gaza.

    However, these conditions, which have yet to be voted upon by the Israeli cabinet, are at odds with the stated positions of many of the far-right wing members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu’s cabinet, which he relies upon for support, as well as Netanyahu’s own past positions, in which he has repeatedly used the presence of Hamas in Gaza to prolong the conflict.‘

    https://israelpalestinenews.org/breaking-israel-hamas-agree-to-a-ceasefire-deal-day-465/

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    Dan Kelly's avatar Comment by Dan Kelly | January 15, 2025 | Reply

  3. Phase two is harder.

    Negotiations for this phase are to begin on Day 16 of the ceasefire. The phase would include the release of all remaining living hostages, including male soldiers. Israeli forces would withdraw from Gaza. But Israel has said it will not agree to a complete withdrawal until Hamas’ military and political capabilities are eliminated. And Hamas says it will not hand over the last hostages until Israel removes all troops.‘

    In other words, it won’t happen.

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    No Justice, No Peace?:

    ‘The ceasefire is meant to bring a surge in humanitarian aid to Gaza. Here’s what the United Nations has said of the situation inside the territory earlier this month:

    food aid amounting to three months’ of rations for Gaza’s population are waiting to enter

    at least 1.9 million people are displaced

    92% of housing units are destroyed

    68% of the road network is destroyed or damaged

    there are “zero” fuel reserves to operate generators at hospitals

    88% of school buildings need rebuilding or major repairs’

    https://www.kulr8.com/news/national/middle-east-latest-israels-netanyahu-says-gaza-ceasefire-deal-is-not-complete/article_1e1fdfe0-0102-5906-aa95-a7e54ea097f1.html

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    At least 2 million ‘displaced’ people (nice soft word) in realspeak means millions of peoples’ homes and belongings were intentionally destroyed by the Jewish Supremacists.

    More than 9 out of ten homes intentionally obliterated, three quarters of the roads and trans network intentionally obliterated.

    No fuel for the generators at the hospitals – the hospitals that are still standing and operational. At one point there was only one barely functioning hospital left. The Jewish Supremacists intentionally killed doctors who were staying behind to care for limbless babies and children…doctors who were doing operations without anesthesia.

    9 out of ten schools are gone.

    When are we going to see these people put on trial for their crimes against humanity?

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    Dan Kelly's avatar Comment by Dan Kelly | January 15, 2025 | Reply

  4. Too little, too late…byZioUS-Colonial/Genocidal Ziomonster design.

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    roberthstiver's avatar Comment by roberthstiver | January 15, 2025 | Reply


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