Proposal shown to ministers said to provide for 142-day truce while all hostages are freed

A proposal for Hamas to free all Israeli hostages in Gaza, including the 132 remaining hostages it kidnapped in the October 7 terror onslaught, would see the hostages released over a 142-day period, during which the IDF campaign against Hamas in Gaza would be halted, according to the Haaretz daily.

Sources who took part in last night’s security cabinet meeting tell the newspaper that the proposal presented to ministers calls for the initial release of 35 women, elderly and sick hostages, with a day-long pause in fighting for each freed hostage.

There would then be a week to negotiate the return of the other 100 hostages, who if a deal is reached would be freed over 100 days, again with the fighting paused.

There is no confirmation of this report. Many versions of the unfinalized framework hostage deal have been reported in recent days, with several reports claiming that some 35 hostages would be freed in a first phase, with a corresponding one-day pause in the fighting for each release.