Israel, Hamas cease-fire deal with hostage release is in final stages - newsflash.me

Negotiations betwixt Israel and Hamas for a imaginable cease-fire and hostage merchandise are successful their last stages, Fox News has learned.

The woody could see a potential hostage release arsenic good arsenic a impermanent extremity to fighting to get humanitarian assistance into nan region. Israel's warfare furniture was scheduled to meet astatine 11 a.m. ET to talk a imaginable deal.

"It does look nan last specifications are being discussed toward a cease-fire that would extremity fighting successful Gaza for up to 5 days and see nan merchandise of immoderate hostages," Fox News’ Trey Yingst reported from Israel Tuesday afternoon.

"We understand, according to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, that a woody is approaching," Yingst reported. "Reports bespeak it would see nan merchandise of dozens of Israeli and overseas national hostages. The hostages are expected to beryllium only women and children and would beryllium exchanged for [Palestinian] prisoners being held successful Israel."

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Smoke rises pursuing an Israeli airstrike successful nan Gaza Strip, arsenic seen from confederate Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Mark Regev, nan elder advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, confirmed Tuesday that immoderate ceasefire would beryllium temporary.

"It will only beryllium a impermanent ceasfire. They request that clip retired and, arsenic a result, we judge nan probability of their agreeing to merchandise our group has gone up," Regev said. "Once again, it's not done until it's done. I cannot show you it's going to hap but I judge nan probability of it happening has gone up."

The existent hostage release-prisoner switch is being speech arsenic a 3-to-1 ratio. Yingst explained Hamas leaders would merchandise 1 hostage for each 3 Palestinians that Israel releases from its prisons. 

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He said nan hopeful news "comes amid aggravated battles successful Gaza arsenic Israeli forces activity their measurement crossed nan strip. The Israeli military said it targeted 250 different Hamas sites complete nan past day, sidesplitting dozens of militants."

This image taken from confederate Israel adjacent nan separator pinch Gaza shows an Israeli service vessel exiting nan information obstruction surrounding nan Palestinian territory connected Nov. 21, 2023, amid ongoing battles betwixt Israel and nan Palestinian Hamas movement.  (JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Reuters likewise reported Hamas officials were "close to reaching a truce agreement" pinch Israel. They besides cited a connection from Ismail Haniyeh.

Qatari mediators were antecedently seeking a woody for Hamas to merchandise 50 hostages, successful speech for Israel freeing immoderate of its prisoners and a three-day ceasefire, Reuters reported.

Smoke, rising complete nan destroyed buildings pursuing nan Israeli attacks connected Gaza's Beit Hanoun, is seen from Sderot, Israel connected Nov. 21, 2023.  (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Details astir really agelong nan truce would past aliases really galore hostages would yet beryllium released were not instantly available.

Hamas took astir 240 hostages from Israel during its terror onslaught connected Oct. 7 erstwhile nan group invaded Israel and killed astir 1,200 people, mostly civilians.

Following nan panic attack, Israel launched a counterattack and a crushed penetration into Gaza to annihilate Hamas.