The Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. GMT) to give its approval to the peace plan for Gaza that Israel and Hamas agreed to sign this morning in Egypt, a government source told EFE.
The agreement, which refers to the first phase of the plan and was announced by US President Donald Trump, will involve a ceasefire and the release of the 48 captives in Gaza, which Trump said will take place on Monday. Of these, Israeli authorities estimate that about 20 are still alive.
Israel and Hamas have yet to agree on the list of 1,950 Palestinian prisoners who will be released in exchange for the hostages.
Some 250 will be prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, while the other 1,700 will be people detained in the Gaza Strip, a member of Hamas's political bureau told EFE.
Before the release of the captives in Gaza, the Israeli army must withdraw to the"yellow line" stipulated by the US, marking the first phase of its withdrawal from the enclave.
This line will allow Israeli troops to remain in Gaza within a perimeter with a depth of around 1.5 kilometers at its narrowest point and 6.5 kilometers at its widest point, ensuring Israel's military presence in still around half of the enclave.
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, this first withdrawal will take place so that the Gazan militias, led by Hamas, can locate all the hostages.
Following the signing, Hamas said in a statement that"after responsible and serious negotiations" around US President Donald Trump's proposal, the parties reached an agreement that entails"ending the war of extermination" against the Palestinian people and "withdrawing the occupation of the Gaza Strip."
