"The next question is whether President Trump - who hours earlier threatened to unleash "hell" if Hamas didn't accept his plan by Sunday - will agree to the detailed negotiations Hamas requests or stick to his "take it or leave it" posture. What they're saying: "The priority is to stop the war and massacres, and from this perspective, we responded positively to the Trump plan," Hamas leader Musa Abu Marzouk told Al-Jazeera and stressed Hamas agrees to the first 9 points in Trump's plan."
"In a statement, Hamas said it appreciated the work from Trump along with Arab and Muslim countries to create a plan that calls for "an end to the war on the Gaza Strip, the exchange of prisoners, the immediate entry of aid, the rejection of occupation of the Strip, and the rejection of the forcible displacement of our Palestinian people from it." Those are the aspects of the plan Hamas likes."
"The Trump plan gives Hamas 72 hours to release all 20 live hostages and the remains of 28 deceased hostages once a deal is reached. In return, Israel would release 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli jails for killing Israelis, and 1,700 Palestinians detained by Israel in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas said in its statement that it will be able to release all the hostages "provided that the necessary field conditions for carrying out the exchange are met.""
Hamas accepts the first nine points of Trump's plan and prioritizes stopping the war and preventing massacres. The plan's favored elements include ending the war in the Gaza Strip, arranging prisoner exchanges, immediate entry of aid, rejecting occupation, and opposing forcible displacement. Hamas conditions releasing all hostages alive and deceased on an end to the war and a full Israeli withdrawal, and requests negotiations on withdrawal details. The plan sets a 72-hour window for handing over 20 live hostages and remains of 28 deceased once a deal is reached, but Hamas cites field conditions and unknown body locations as reasons it may need more time.
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