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It would also allow for displaced families to return to northern gaza. Its also reported to involve new wording on restoring calm to gaza, designed to satisfy hamas s demand for a permanent ceasefire. Benjamin netanyahu meanwhile said that israel will carry out an operation in rafah, regardless of whether a Ceasefire Deal is reached with hamas. The israeli Prime Minister was speaking at a meeting with the families of hostages where he reiterated that israel would eliminate hamas, and achieve total victory. Translation we will enter rafah because i we have no other choice. We will destroy the hamas battalions there, we will complete all the objectives of the war, including the repatriation of all our abductees. This is from frank gardner. A lot of things are about to happen in this part of the world over the coming days. Antony blinken has arrived here and hes only spending less than a day in israel but he will be pushing for the Ceasefire Deal. I do not think it would be Ceasefire Deal
Place in cairo. Still no word from hamas, who said they would give a response on the terms of israels revised proposal by wednesday. Mr blinken was in jordan earlier, where he met king abdullah. They talked about the Aid Deliveries which are still well below the level required in gaza. He has also been in riyadh on this trip where they have been talking about a Security Guarantee for saudi arabia in return for normalisation of relations with israel. The ceasefire is the first crucial step. Heres what he had to say as he left amman. Our focus right now, is on getting a cease fire and hostages home. That is the most urgent thing, and its also, i think, what is achievable because the israelis have put a strong proposal on the table. Theyve demonstrated that theyre willing to compromise and now its on hamas. With regards to those ceasefire negotiations, israel says it will wait until wednesday for a response from hamas. The deal on the table includes a 40 day truce, in return for the relea
Return with a response. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has more, from jerusalem. Whats being debated is the permission by the Israeli Military for large numbers of palestinian displaced people, currently who are sheltering in the south of the gaza strip, in the city of rafah, to move back to their homes in the north. Thats something that israel has resisted in the past. Israel, reportedly, would also remove some of its forces from gaza. This would be during a a0 day truce. And there would of course be the exchange of hostages and prisoners. Probably hundreds, if not thousands, of Palestinian Prisoners coming out of israeli jails in return for a Rather Lowerfigure Than was originally demanded by israel an initialfigure of around 33 israeli hostages. Now, from the israeli side, there is dual pressure going on here. Pressure from the United States to do this deal, and pressure domestically from all the families and friends of the hostages whove been demonstrating and shouting lo