PM’s office denies reported proposal of truce in exchange for list of living hostages

By Lazar Berman

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8 January 2025, 10:42 am

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Relatives of hostages held in Gaza protest outside the Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 8, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel denies a report in Lebanese media that talks for a hostage-ceasefire deal are examining the possibility of a truce lasting six to eight weeks, during which Israel would receive a list of the names of all the living hostages.

In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office calls the report “a complete lie and another part of the psychological warfare that Hamas is trying to inflict on the hostage families and on the citizens of Israel.”

“Israel will continue to work around the clock and tirelessly to bring all of our hostages home,” it says.