The Israel Broadcasting Authority said Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had green-lighted a prisoner-release deal with Hamas and that it was awaiting the movement’s response.

Roy Sharon, a military affairs analyst for Khan Channel, which is affiliated with the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, said, “We are now at a critical juncture. We are closer than ever to reaching an agreement.”

He pointed out that in the past few days, Hamas has communicated a proposal to Israel and that they have reached an understanding in Israel to accept the conditions and demands of the Hamas movement.

He explained, “The ball is now in Hamas’s court, it must show responsibility and seriousness, and if it responds positively, we will be in a verifiable agreement.”

Sharon explained that the agreement included a 5-day ceasefire in Gaza.

The Israeli channel did not specify the number of prisoners from either side expected to be included in the deal.​​​​​​

For his part, US President Joe Biden said he hoped to reach an agreement soon to release some prisoners held by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Gaza, without giving further details.

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby also confirmed that Washington believed a deal to release the prisoners was “immediate.”

Kirby said the White House was doing its best in the hostage negotiations, explaining that “the implementation of any agreement depends on everybody fulfilling their obligations.”

On the other hand, the Israel Today newspaper quoted officials as saying that the deal was no closer than yesterday, and that a military cabinet meeting will be held tonight with representatives of the families, and if there is any update, the families will be the first to report it.

Amid uncertainty over the deal, Islamic Jihad Secretary General Ziad al-Nakala announced that he had discussed developments in the situation and negotiations regarding the prisoner with Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas Political Bureau. Agreement.

The Washington Post reports that Israel, the United States and Hamas have reached a preliminary agreement to release dozens of “hostages” in exchange for a 5-day ceasefire.

In this regard, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, said on Sunday that the exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas had become “immediate”.

Hamas Tel Aviv offers to release several Israeli prisoners, including foreign nationals, in exchange for several days of cease-fire, fuel and food entering Gaza, and the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.