A Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal is in its final stages of completion, with an announcement expected imminently, but this declaration was delayed throughout Tuesday due to disagreements on the final wording of the deal, sources familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post.
Negotiators met in Qatar on Tuesday, hoping to hammer out the final details of the agreement, with mediators and the warring sides all describing a deal as being closer than ever.
Despite foreign reports pointing to the contrary, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told hostage families that Hamas had not delivered its final answer.
One of the issues holding up the approval on Hamas’s end concerns the maps detailing the IDF’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as part of the deal.
Did Hamas pre-maturely accept conditions?
A report early Tuesday by the Associated Press, citing two officials involved in the negotiations, claimed that Hamas has agreed to the proposed ceasefire deal in Gaza and the release of numerous hostages.
According to the report, an Israeli official noted that while progress had been made, the final details were still under discussion.
Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.