The new proposal comes amid discussions on evacuating the residents of Gaza City, which is expected to take three months, including discussions on what can be expected during such an operation.
Qatar and Egypt expect to complete the latest formulation of a ceasefire-hostage deal proposal next week.
The new proposal comes amid discussions on evacuating the residents of Gaza City, which is expected to take three months, including discussions on what can be expected during such an operation.
The announcement came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced at a Sunday press conference that Israel had been misled by Hamas during hostage deal negotiations.
The terror group, which is currently holding 50 Israelis hostage, demanded the release of Nukhba terrorists, international guarantees not to return to fighting, and Israel’s complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
The Israel-Hamas War
Hamas abducted over 250 people from southern Israel during its October 2023 rampage that saw terrorists slay over 1200 people. Around 200 were released during previous deals or recovered during IDF operations.
Pressure has mounted against Israel to end the war in the Palestinian enclave as international organizations and Hamas-led bodies have decried the IDF’s actions in the Gaza Strip as genocide – an accusation denied by Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to international media on the Gaza war, in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025 (credit: CHAIM TZACH/GPO)
Announcing plans for after Hamas is removed from power, Netanyahu said on Sunday that a civilian administration would run the Palestinian enclave and will become a demilitarized, security zone.
Netanyahu also stressed the importance of implementing a new education system in the Strip that does not radicalize its citizens to seek the destruction of Israel. The civilian administration would be one “that doesn’t educate its children for terror, doesn’t pay terrorists, and doesn’t launch terror attacks against Israel.”
Hamas has previously refused to disarm until the establishment of a Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital, and threatened to treat any foreign powers administrating Gaza as an extension of Israeli “occupation.”
This is a developing story.
