While in Washington this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a plan to end the war in Gaza and release senior Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for the exile of senior Hamas leaders from Gaza, according to the Walla news outlet, citing senior US officials.
The plan would allow the sides to move to the second phase of the hostage release deal, the oulet reports, adding that Hamas would also give up civil control of the Strip.
Netanyahu told US officials that he wants to extend the first stage of the deal, says the report, adding that Israeli officials believe that this could lead to the release of only 2 or 3 additional hostages.
Netanyahu’s spokesman denies the report, saying on X, “It never happened. The Prime Minister did not present any plan for the second stage.”
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