The details of a potential truce agreement between Israel and Hamas will be released “in the coming hours,” senior Hamas official Izzat al-Rishq told Al Jazeera.
Rishq hinted at more details of the potential truce, telling Al Jazeera that talks are underway for a truce that would be multiple days and see the entry of aid into Gaza as part of a hostage for prisoner swap deal.
Hamas had floated releasing 50 women and children it is holding in exchange for Palestinian women and children held in Israeli prisons, according to media reports. The group also want more aid to enter the besieged enclave.
Al-Rishq told Arabic media earlier that Egypt and Qatar, two traditional mediators between the group and Israel, would announce the details of a truce.
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh said early on Tuesday that the group was close to reaching a deal on a truce with Israel.
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