Al Jazeera has obtained a replica of the Gaza ceasefire proposal that Hamas stated it accepted on Monday. The deal, which was put ahead by Egypt and Qatar, would are available in three phases that will see an preliminary halt within the preventing resulting in lasting calm and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Palestinian territory.
The proposed settlement would additionally guarantee the discharge of Israeli captives in Gaza in addition to an unspecified variety of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Israel has stated that it doesn’t conform to the proposal, however that it’ll interact in additional talks to safe an settlement – all whereas pushing on with its assault on Gaza. In the meantime, the USA, which can be concerned within the negotiations, stated it’s reviewing the Hamas response.
Right here’s the textual content of the proposed deal:
The essential rules for an settlement between the Israeli aspect and the Palestinian aspect in Gaza on the trade of captives and prisoners between them and the return of sustainable calm.
The framework settlement goals at: The discharge of all Israeli captives within the Gaza Strip, civilians or army, alive or in any other case, from all durations, in trade for quite a lot of prisoners held by Israel as agreed upon, and a return to a sustainable calm that results in a everlasting ceasefire and a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, its reconstruction and the lifting of the siege.
The framework settlement consists of three associated and interconnected phases, that are as follows:
The primary stage (42 days)
[Herein] a brief cessation of army operations between the 2 events, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces eastward and away from densely populated areas to an outlined space alongside the border all alongside the Gaza Strip (together with Wadi Gaza, often known as the Netzarim hall, and Kuwait Roundabout, as under).
All aviation (army and reconnaissance) within the Gaza Strip shall stop for 10 hours a day, and for 12 hours on the times when captives and prisoners are being exchanged.
Internally displaced folks in Gaza shall return to their areas of residence, and Israel shall withdraw from Wadi Gaza, the Netzarim hall, and the Kuwait Roundabout:
- On the third day (after the discharge of three captives), Israeli forces are to withdraw fully from al-Rashid Road within the east to Salah al-Din Road, and dismantle army websites and installations on this space.
- Displaced individuals (unarmed) shall return to their areas of residence, and all residents of Gaza shall be allowed freedom of motion in all elements of the Strip.
- Humanitarian support shall be allowed in through al-Rashid Road from the primary day with none obstacles.
- On the twenty second day (after the discharge of half the residing civilian captives in Gaza, together with feminine troopers), Israeli forces are to withdraw from the centre of the Gaza Strip (particularly the Netzarim/Martyrs hall and the Kuwait Roundabout axis), from the east of Salah al-Din Street to a zone alongside the border, and all army websites and installations are to be fully dismantled.
- Displaced folks shall be allowed to return to their locations of residence within the north of Gaza, and all residents to have freedom of motion in all elements of the Gaza Strip.
- Humanitarian support, reduction supplies and gasoline (600 vans a day, together with 50 gasoline vans, and 300 vans for the north) shall be allowed into Gaza in an intensive method and in enough portions from the primary day. That is to incorporate the gasoline wanted to function the ability station, restart commerce, rehabilitate and function hospitals, well being centres and bakeries in all elements of the Gaza Strip, and function tools wanted to take away rubble. This shall proceed all through all phases.
Trade of captives and prisoners between the 2 sides:
Through the first part, Hamas shall launch 33 Israeli captives (alive or useless), together with ladies (civilians and troopers), kids (underneath the age of 19 who are usually not troopers), these over the age of fifty, and the sick, in trade for numbers of prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centres, in response to the next [criteria]:
- Hamas shall launch all residing Israeli captives, together with civilian ladies and youngsters (underneath the age of 19 who are usually not troopers). In return, Israel shall launch 30 kids and ladies for each Israeli detainee launched, based mostly on lists supplied by Hamas, so as of detention.
- Hamas shall launch all residing Israeli captives (over the age of fifty), the sick, and wounded civilians. In return, Israel shall launch 30 aged (over 50) and sick prisoners for each Israeli captive, based mostly on lists supplied by Hamas, so as of detention.
- Hamas shall launch all residing Israeli feminine troopers. In return, Israel shall launch 50 prisoners for each Israeli feminine soldier (30 serving life sentences, 20 sentenced) based mostly on lists supplied by Hamas.
Scheduling the trade of captives and prisoners between the events within the first stage:
- Hamas shall launch three (3) Israeli detainees on the third day of the settlement, after which Hamas shall launch three different detainees each seven days, beginning with ladies as a lot as attainable (civilians and feminine troopers). Within the sixth week, Hamas shall launch all remaining civilian detainees included on this part. In return, Israel shall launch the agreed-upon variety of Palestinian prisoners, in response to lists Hamas will present.
- Hamas will present details about the Israeli detainees who shall be launched at this stage by the seventh day (if attainable).
- On the twenty second day, the Israeli aspect shall launch all prisoners from the Shalit deal who’ve been re-arrested.
- If there are fewer than 33 residing Israeli detainees to be launched, quite a lot of our bodies from the identical classes shall be launched to finish this stage. In return, Israel will launch all ladies and youngsters who have been arrested from the Gaza Strip after October 7, 2023 – supplied that that is carried out within the fifth week of this stage.
- The trade course of is linked to the extent of dedication to the settlement, together with the cessation of army operations, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the return of displaced individuals, and the entry of humanitarian support.
- All crucial authorized procedures to make sure that freed Palestinian prisoners are usually not re-arrested on the identical expenses are to be accomplished.
- The steps of the primary stage above don’t represent a foundation for negotiating the second stage. Punitive measures and penalties that have been taken in opposition to prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps after October 7, 2023, are to be lifted and their situations improved, together with people who have been arrested after this date.
- No later than the sixteenth day of the primary part, oblique talks will start between the events to agree on the small print of the second part of this settlement, with regard to the trade of prisoners and captives from each events (troopers and remaining males), supplied that they’re accomplished and agreed upon earlier than the tip of the fifth week of this stage.
The United Nations and its businesses, together with UNRWA, and different worldwide organisations, are to proceed offering humanitarian companies throughout the Gaza Strip. This shall proceed all through all phases of the settlement.
Infrastructure (electrical energy, water, sewage, communications, and roads) throughout the Gaza Strip shall be rehabilitated, and the tools wanted for civil defence allowed into Gaza to clear rubble and particles. This shall proceed all through all phases of the settlement.
All crucial provides and tools to shelter displaced individuals who misplaced their houses in the course of the battle (a minimal of 60,000 short-term houses – caravans – and 200,000 tents) shall be allowed into Gaza.
All through this part, an agreed-upon quantity (not lower than 50) of wounded army personnel shall be allowed to journey by the Rafah crossing to obtain medical therapy, and an elevated variety of travellers, sick and wounded, shall be allowed to go away by the Rafah crossing as restrictions on travellers are lifted. The motion of products and commerce will return with out restrictions.
The mandatory preparations and plans shall be put in place for the reconstruction of houses, civilian amenities, and civilian infrastructure that was destroyed as a result of battle, in addition to preparations to compensate these affected, underneath the supervision of quite a lot of international locations and organisations, together with: Egypt, Qatar, and the United Nations.
All measures on this stage, together with the short-term cessation of army operations, reduction and shelter, withdrawal of forces, and so forth., shall proceed within the second stage till a sustainable calm (cessation of army and hostile operations) is asserted.
The second stage (42 days):
A return to sustainable calm (a everlasting cessation of army and hostile operations) should be introduced and take impact earlier than the trade of captives and prisoners – all remaining residing Israeli males (civilians and troopers) in trade for an agreed-upon variety of prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps.
Israeli forces shall withdraw fully from the Gaza Strip.
The third stage (42 days):
An trade of the our bodies and stays of the useless on each side after they’ve been retrieved and recognized.
The reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip over a interval of three to 5 years – together with houses, civilian amenities, and infrastructure – and compensating all these affected begins, underneath the supervision of quite a lot of international locations and organisations, together with: Egypt, Qatar, and the United Nations.
An entire finish to the siege of the Gaza Strip.
Guarantors of the settlement:
Qatar, Egypt, the USA, and the United Nations.
Might 5, 2024
