Hamas accepts US proposal on talks over Israeli hostages 16 days after first phase, Hamas source says

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****** accepts US proposal on talks over ******** hostages 16 days after first phase, ****** source says

By Samia Nakhoul and Muhammad Al Gebaly

DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) -****** has accepted a U.S. proposal to begin talks on releasing ******** hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days after the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the Gaza war, a senior ****** source told Reuters on Saturday.

The militant Islamist group has dropped a demand that ******* first commit to a permanent ceasefire before signing the agreement, and would allow negotiations to achieve that throughout the six-week first phase, the source told Reuters on condition of anonymity because the talks are private.

A ************ official close to the internationally mediated peace efforts had said the proposal could lead to a framework agreement if embraced by ******* and would end the nine-month-old war between ******* and ****** in Gaza.

A source in *******’s negotiating team, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was now a real chance of achieving agreement. That was in sharp contrast to past instances in the nine-month-old war in Gaza, when ******* said conditions attached by ****** were unacceptable.

A spokesperson for ******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday, the ******* Sabbath. On Friday his office said talks would continue next week and emphasised that gaps between the sides still remained.

The conflict has claimed the lives of more than 38,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials, since ****** attacked southern ******** cities on Oct. 7, ******** 1,200 people and taking some 250 hostages, according to official ******** figures.

The new proposal ensures that mediators would guarantee a temporary ceasefire, aid delivery and the withdrawal of ******** troops as long as indirect talks continue to implement the second phase of the agreement, the ****** source said.

Efforts to secure a ceasefire and ******** release in Gaza have intensified over the past few days with active shuttle diplomacy among Washington, ******* and Qatar, which is leading mediation efforts from Doha, where the exiled ****** leadership is based.

A regional source said the U.S. administration was trying hard to secure a deal before the presidential election in November.

Netanyahu said on Friday that the head of *******’s Mossad intelligence agency had returned from an initial meeting with mediators in Qatar and that negotiations would continue next week.

(Reporting and writing by Samia Nakhoul and Muhammad Al Gebaly; Additional reporting by Maayan Lubell Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and William Mallard)

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