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ISRAEL: Hamas To Speed Up Hostage Releases To Begin 2nd Phase Negotiations

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Ariel Oseran at Israel's i24 posts on X: "Hamas-aligned Quds Network reports six living Israeli hostages will be released on Saturday as the two remaining releases of the first phase are merged. In exchange, heavy machinery and caravans will enter Gaza and negotiations over the second phase will commence."

  • Earlier, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said that the gov't is willing to begin discussions on phase two of a ceasefire agreement with Qatar, Egypt and the US acting as mediators once again.
  • Reuters reports that according to two Egyptian security sources, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 20 February to discuss an Arab plan for Gaza after the war. Earlier Sa'ar said Israel was aware that discussions on the topic were taking place within the Arab world. He also claimed the Israeli gov't rejected any planned transfer of civilian control of Gaza from Hamas to the Fatah-run Palestinian Authority.
  • After meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on 17 Feb, PM Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that he sees merit in US President Donald Trump's controversial plan for Gaza of resettling Palestinians outside of the strip and the US taking over its re-constructions. 
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Ariel Oseran at Israel's i24 posts on X: "Hamas-aligned Quds Network reports six living Israeli hostages will be released on Saturday as the two remaining releases of the first phase are merged. In exchange, heavy machinery and caravans will enter Gaza and negotiations over the second phase will commence."

  • Earlier, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said that the gov't is willing to begin discussions on phase two of a ceasefire agreement with Qatar, Egypt and the US acting as mediators once again.
  • Reuters reports that according to two Egyptian security sources, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 20 February to discuss an Arab plan for Gaza after the war. Earlier Sa'ar said Israel was aware that discussions on the topic were taking place within the Arab world. He also claimed the Israeli gov't rejected any planned transfer of civilian control of Gaza from Hamas to the Fatah-run Palestinian Authority.
  • After meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on 17 Feb, PM Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that he sees merit in US President Donald Trump's controversial plan for Gaza of resettling Palestinians outside of the strip and the US taking over its re-constructions.