Offering new details on the deal being negotiated, senior Biden administration officials briefing reporters say the ceasefire would start with a six-week first stage and be structured in a manner in which two more stages could be subsequently added.
The deal would also see the “repositioning of Israeli forces” during that first stage and also allow for Palestinians to return to northern Gaza.
This has been a sticking point for Israel, which has publicly rejected this demand to date, claiming it would allow for a resurgence of Hamas in that half of the Strip.
“We’re returning people to the north. That is part of the arrangement that has been worked out,” the official says.
The plan to allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza expedites the need to improve the mechanisms for delivering humanitarian aid throughout the Strip, which is why the Biden administration is advancing the maritime corridor and other delivery mechanisms, one of the senior officials said.
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