Team leader: Hamas is ready to negotiate a deal that would exchange hostages for an agreed number of Palestinians

Khalil al-Haya stressed that Hamas rejects the proposal for a temporary ceasefire, insisting that the goal is a final end to the war, not a short-term truce, Reuters reports.

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Hamas members stand guard on the day Hamas handed over the deceased hostages, Photo: Reuters
Hamas members stand guard on the day Hamas handed over the deceased hostages, Photo: Reuters
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In a televised address, Khalil El-Haja, head of Hamas's negotiating team for indirect talks with Israel, said Hamas was ready to immediately negotiate an agreement that would exchange all hostages for an agreed number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, as part of a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza.

Khalil El-Haya stressed that Hamas rejects the proposal for a temporary ceasefire, insisting that the goal is a final end to the war, not a short-term truce, Reuters reports.

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