Gal Hirsch, the Israeli government’s official point person on efforts to free the Gaza hostages, tells Bloomberg News that if Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar were to relinquish the terror group’s control of the Gaza Strip and release all the hostages, Israel would provide him with safe passage out of the enclave.
Speaking to the news outlet during a visit to Washington, Hirsch says that he is “ready to provide safe passage to Sinwar, his family, whoever wants to join him.
“We want the hostages back,” he adds. “We want demilitarization, de-radicalization of course — a new system that will manage Gaza.”
He says that he presented the offer a day and a half ago, but did not elaborate on whether or not there has been any interest in the offer from the other side of the negotiating table.
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