Hamas demanding full IDF withdrawal from Gaza as soon as last hostage is released, source tells Al Jazeera

Hamas is demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as soon as it hands over the final hostage, an unnamed source from within the terror group tells the Al Jazeera news network, at the end of the second day of negotiations in Cairo.

The Hamas source tells the Qatari outlet that the terror group is also seeking international guarantees that Israel will abide by the demand for a complete ceasefire and total withdrawal from the Strip.

Under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, Hamas is to hand over the remaining 48 hostages, the living and the dead, and only then will the IDF begin a gradual withdrawal from the enclave.

The source tells Al Jazeera that the main focus of today’s indirect negotiations was the timetable for the release of the Israeli hostages, whom he calls “prisoners.”