Textual content of the Gaza ceasefire proposal authorized by Hamas | Israel Struggle on Gaza Information

Al Jazeera has obtained a replica of the Gaza ceasefire proposal that Hamas mentioned it accepted on Monday. The deal, which was put ahead by Egypt and Qatar, would are available three levels that might see an preliminary halt within the combating resulting in lasting calm and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Palestinian territory.

The proposed settlement would additionally guarantee the discharge of Israeli captives in Gaza in addition to an unspecified variety of Palestinians held in Israeli jails.

Israel has mentioned that it doesn’t comply with the proposal however that it’ll interact in additional talks to safe an settlement – all whereas pushing on with its assault on Gaza.

In the meantime, america, which can also be concerned within the negotiations, mentioned it’s reviewing the Hamas response.

Right here’s the textual content of the proposed deal:

The essential ideas for an settlement between the Israeli aspect and the Palestinian aspect in Gaza on the alternate of captives and prisoners between them and the return of sustainable calm.

The framework settlement goals at: The discharge of all Israeli captives within the Gaza Strip, civilians or navy, alive or in any other case, from all intervals, in alternate for plenty of prisoners held by Israel as agreed upon, and a return to a sustainable calm that results in a everlasting ceasefire and a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, its reconstruction and the lifting of the siege.

The framework settlement consists of three associated and interconnected levels, that are as follows:

The primary stage (42 days)

[Herein] a short lived cessation of navy operations between the 2 events, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces eastward and away from densely populated areas to an outlined space alongside the border all alongside the Gaza Strip (together with Wadi Gaza, often known as the Netzarim Hall, and Kuwait Roundabout, as under).

All aviation (navy and reconnaissance) within the Gaza Strip shall stop for 10 hours a day, and for 12 hours on the times when captives and prisoners are being exchanged.

Internally displaced individuals in Gaza shall return to their areas of residence and Israel shall withdraw from Wadi Gaza, the Netzarim hall, and the Kuwait Roundabout:

• On the third day (after the discharge of three captives), Israeli forces are to withdraw utterly from al-Rashid Road within the east to Salah al-Din Road, and dismantle navy websites and installations on this space.
• Displaced individuals (unarmed) shall return to their areas of residence and all residents of Gaza shall be allowed freedom of motion in all components of the Strip.
• Humanitarian assist shall be allowed in by way of al-Rashid Road from the primary day with none obstacles.
• On the twenty second day (after the discharge of half the residing civilian captives in Gaza, together with feminine troopers), Israeli forces are to withdraw from the centre of the Gaza Strip (particularly the Netzarim/Martyrs Hall and the Kuwait Roundabout axis), from the east of Salah al-Din Road to a zone alongside the border, and all navy websites and installations are to be utterly dismantled.
• Displaced individuals shall be allowed to return to their locations of residence within the north of Gaza, and all residents to have freedom of motion in all components of the Gaza Strip.
• Humanitarian assist, reduction supplies and gasoline (600 vans a day, together with 50 gasoline vans, and 300 vans for the north) shall be allowed into Gaza in an intensive method and in enough portions from the primary day. That is to incorporate the gasoline wanted to function the facility station, restart commerce, rehabilitate and function hospitals, well being centres and bakeries in all components of the Gaza Strip, and function gear wanted to take away rubble. This shall proceed all through all levels.

Trade of captives and prisoners between the 2 sides:

Throughout the first section, Hamas shall launch 33 Israeli captives (alive or lifeless), together with ladies (civilians and troopers), youngsters (beneath the age of 19 who will not be troopers), these over the age of fifty, and the sick, in alternate for plenty of prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centres, in keeping with the next [criteria]:

• Hamas shall launch all residing Israeli captives, together with civilian ladies and youngsters (beneath the age of 19 who will not be troopers). In return, Israel shall launch 30 youngsters and ladies for each Israeli detainee launched, primarily based on lists supplied by Hamas, so as of detention.
• Hamas shall launch all residing Israeli captives (over the age of fifty), the sick, and wounded civilians. In return, Israel shall launch 30 aged (over 50) and sick prisoners for each Israeli captive, primarily based on lists supplied by Hamas, so as of detention.
• Hamas shall launch all residing Israeli feminine troopers. In return, Israel shall launch 50 prisoners for each Israeli feminine soldier (30 serving life sentences, 20 sentenced) primarily based on lists supplied by Hamas.

Scheduling the alternate of captives and prisoners between the events within the first stage:

• Hamas shall launch three Israeli detainees on the third day of the settlement, after which Hamas shall launch three different detainees each seven days, beginning with ladies as a lot as potential (civilians and feminine troopers). Within the sixth week, Hamas shall launch all remaining civilian detainees included on this section. In return, Israel shall launch the agreed-upon variety of Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with lists Hamas will present.
• Hamas will present details about the Israeli detainees who might be launched at this stage by the seventh day (if potential).
• On the twenty second day, the Israeli aspect shall launch all prisoners from the Shalit deal who’ve been re-arrested.
• If there are fewer than 33 residing Israeli detainees to be launched, plenty of our bodies from the identical classes shall be launched to finish this stage. In return, Israel will launch all ladies and youngsters who have been arrested from the Gaza Strip after October 7, 2023 – supplied that is completed within the fifth week of this stage.
• The alternate course of is linked to the extent of dedication to the settlement, together with the cessation of navy operations, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the return of displaced individuals, in addition to the entry of humanitarian assist.
• All vital authorized procedures to make sure that freed Palestinian prisoners will not be re-arrested on the identical fees are to be accomplished.
• The steps of the primary stage above don’t represent a foundation for negotiating the second stage. Punitive measures and penalties that have been taken towards prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps after October 7, 2023, are to be lifted and their situations improved, together with people who have been arrested after this date.
• No later than the sixteenth day of the primary section, oblique talks will start between the events to agree on the small print of the second section of this settlement, with regard to the alternate of prisoners and captives from each events (troopers and remaining males), supplied that they’re accomplished and agreed upon earlier than the tip of the fifth week of this stage.

The United Nations and its businesses, together with UNRWA, and different worldwide organisations, are to proceed offering humanitarian providers throughout the Gaza Strip. This shall proceed all through all levels of the settlement.

Infrastructure (electrical energy, water, sewage, communications and roads) throughout the Gaza Strip shall be rehabilitated, and the gear wanted for civil defence allowed into Gaza to clear rubble and particles. This shall proceed all through all levels of the settlement.

All vital provides and gear to shelter displaced individuals who misplaced their properties throughout the warfare (a minimal of 60,000 non permanent properties – caravans – and 200,000 tents) shall be allowed into Gaza.

All through this section, an agreed-upon quantity (not fewer than 50) of wounded navy personnel might be allowed to journey by means of the Rafah crossing to obtain medical therapy, and an elevated variety of travellers, sick and wounded, shall be allowed to depart by means of the Rafah crossing as restrictions on travellers are lifted. The motion of products and commerce will return with out restrictions.

The required preparations and plans shall be put in place for the reconstruction of properties, civilian amenities, and civilian infrastructure that was destroyed because of the warfare, in addition to preparations to compensate these affected, beneath the supervision of plenty of nations and organisations, together with: Egypt, Qatar, and the United Nations.

 

All measures on this stage, together with the non permanent cessation of navy operations, reduction and shelter, withdrawal of forces, and many others., shall proceed within the second stage till a sustainable calm (cessation of navy and hostile operations) is asserted.

The second stage (42 days):

A return to sustainable calm (a everlasting cessation of navy and hostile operations) have to be introduced and take impact earlier than the alternate of captives and prisoners – all remaining residing Israeli males (civilians and troopers) in alternate for an agreed-upon variety of prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps.

Israeli forces shall withdraw utterly from the Gaza Strip.

The third stage (42 days):

An alternate of the our bodies and stays of the lifeless on each side after they’ve been retrieved and recognized.

The reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip over a interval of three to 5 years – together with properties, civilian amenities, and infrastructure – and compensating all these affected begins, beneath the supervision of a number of nations and organisations, together with: Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations.

An entire finish to the siege of the Gaza Strip.

Guarantors of the settlement:

Qatar, Egypt, america, and the United Nations.

Might 5, 2024