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Hamas official tells CNN that group will agree to release 7-9 hostages in exchange for two-month truce
A senior Hamas official tells CNN that the terror group has agreed to release between seven to nine Israeli hostages in exchange for a two-month ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and the release of 300 Palestinian security prisoners.
The unnamed Hamas official says that this deal would also be contingent on the IDF agreeing to withdraw “east of the Salah al-Din Corridor,” meaning, to the outskirts of the Gaza Strip.
The report does not indicate whether this has been put forward as a formal proposal during the ongoing negotiations in Qatar.
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