Israeli sources confirmed to Israel Hayom on Wednesday there was "movement" in the effort to negotiate a prisoner exchange deal. They noted that the progress was only compared to where things stood in the previous week.
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Channel 13 News reported Tuesday that according to sources close to the mediators in Doha, a new Qatari proposal was presented to Israel and was to be discussed by the War Cabinet on Tuesday
According to the proposal, senior Hamas officials would be exiled and all the captives would be released, but in stages. Under the terms of the proposed deal, the IDF would also withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
Minister Benny Gantz spoke about the issue of the captives in his statement Tuesday, saying: "The most pressing thing is the return of the captives. This trumps any maneuver in the fighting. We are working on this through every possible channel.
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Meanwhile, Israel Hayom has learned that Israel was going to allow the entry of 400 humanitarian aid trucks into Gaza per day this week (up from 200 daily). Israel Hayom has learned that the promise to further increase the number of trucks was given to US Secretary of State Blinken during his meetings in Israel on Tuesday. It should be noted that before the outbreak of the war, 800 trucks per day would enter Gaza. This means that soon the number of aid trucks crossing into the enclave will be about half of what it was in normal times.
Blinken told senior Israeli officials with whom he met that heavy pressure is being exerted on him and the administration regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza. He emphasized that he and the administration are committed to the goal of destroying Hamas, but said increasing aid would ease pressure on the administration.
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