Monday 14/July/2025 – 01:20 PM
Informed sources said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his willingness to flexibility to complete a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, including the possibility of withdrawing from the Maurraj axis between Rafah and Khan Yunis, which he was refusing to discuss in the past, according to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
Prisoner exchange deal in Gaza
The sources, who attended the mini cabinet meeting, indicated that there was progress in the ongoing talks in Doha, which dealt with updated maps, with the possibility of reaching an agreement within days, even if it was not achieved during the next two days.
Meanwhile, during the meeting, representatives of the occupation army estimated that the establishment of the human city in the Rafah area may take more than a year, at a cost ranging from 10 to 15 billion dollars, which contradicts previous estimates that indicated the possibility of establishing a huge camp in just half a year, and Netanyahu expressed his anger at these estimates, calling for a more realistic plan that is shorter, less expensive, and more practical.
According to some of the participants, the army is not enthusiastic about implementing the plan and displays an unrealistic proposal, in light of increasing international criticism, and during the meeting, a debate took place on the project financing sources, which is supposed to house about half a million Palestinians, most of them in tents, without allowing them to return to the northern Gaza Strip.
For his part, the Minister of National Security Etamar bin Jafir described the talk about the establishment of the human city as merely a trick that aims to cover up a deal that is prepared with Hamas, and said that it will not be implemented within what he called a surrender deal, which will include a withdrawal from areas controlled by the army, and the release of hundreds of killers, as he claimed within the slanders he always repeats -, which gives Hamas an opportunity to rebuild its capabilities.
