Hamas’s answer is significant – but there are key gaps

Hamas agrees to release the other hostages, although negotiating and certain conditions will give real hope to the family members in Israel, who have been desperate for this type of news for a very long time.

In his statement, in response to the US Mir proposal, the group agreed to “release all Israeli prisoners, both alive and dead, according to the exchange formula contained in the proposal of President Donald Trump, provided that the conditions for exchange were met.”

This formula, outlined by Trump in the White House earlier this week, offers an immediate termination of battles and release within 72 hours of all living Israeli hostages held by Hamas – as well as the remains of hostages believed to be dead – in return for hundreds of detainees.

It is believed that there are 48 hostages who are still held in the Palestinian territory of the armed group, only 20 of which are thought to be alive.

The acceptance of Hamas to another key part of the US peace plan, the idea of ​​handing over the Gaza Gaza to Palestinian technocrats, is also obviously significant.

But there are many other elements of The long-term, 20-point suggestion which are obvious from their absence.

The most noteworthy of them is the requirement for Hamas to put his hands.

The Israeli government will now review the formulation of the statement to extract true intention.

You will have to decide whether this sees this as a truly conscientious acceptance of some of the key moments of the deal or just an attempt to buy time and to open again long -made negotiations.

They will certainly not like the last paragraph of Hamas’s statement, suggesting that the group will retain a role in negotiations on the long -term future of Gaza.

Given that Hamas’s statement came only a few hours after President Donald Trump released his last ultimatum so that the group could agree until Sunday night or face All Hell, some members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would probably be deeply skeptical.

This is especially true, now the US president has called on Israel to immediately stop the bombing of Gaza.

“Based on the Hamas just issued, I believe they are ready for lasting peace,” Trump said shortly after Hamas’s statement was published.

“Israel must immediately stop the gas bombing so that we can pull the hostages safely and quickly,” he said. “It’s too dangerous to do this right now.”

In a video message published on Friday, Trump said it was a “big day” and thanked a series of countries that he said he had helped him to collect the proposal.

But there is still a huge amount of details that need to be processed before peace in the region becomes something of a reality. And it seems that the president admitted that this was not a deal.

“We’ll see how everything turns out,” he said. “We must download the last word and specific.”