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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, on Tuesday, said that his militant group was nearing a truce agreement with Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza. This comes as negotiators are working to secure a deal between the two sides amid the mounting death toll and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave.     #Israel #Hamas #IsraelHamasTruceDeal #IsraelHamasTruce #IsraelHamasDeal #IsraelPalestineConflict #IsraelHamasWar #IsmailHaniyeh #HamasChief #IsraelWar #IsraelNews #HamasNews                 ~HT.97~PR.152~ED.103~

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00:00 Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday said that his militant group was nearing a truce

00:08 agreement with Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

00:11 This comes as negotiators are working to secure a deal between the two sides amid the mounting

00:16 death toll and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave.

00:21 Haniyeh's statement comes even as the deadly assault in Gaza continued and rockets were

00:25 being fired into Israel.

00:27 Negotiators have been working to seal a deal to allow the release of around 240 mostly

00:31 Israeli hostages seized on October 7 during the deadliest assault on Israel in its history.

00:37 In a post on Telegram, Haniyeh said, "We are close to reaching a deal on a truce."

00:42 According to reports, citing two sources familiar with the talks, said the tentative deal includes

00:47 a five-day truce consisting of a ceasefire on the ground and limits to Israeli air operations

00:52 over southern Gaza.

00:54 The deal also includes the return of between 50 and 100 hostages, Israeli civilians and

00:59 captives of other nationalities but not military personnel, held by Hamas and Islamic Jihad,

01:04 a separate Palestinian militant group.

01:07 If agreed upon, some 300 Palestinians would also be released from Israeli jails, among

01:11 them women and children.

01:13 According to media reports, intense negotiations are underway in Qatar, which is also home

01:17 to Hamas' political office, where Haniyeh is based.

01:20 Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden on Monday said that he believes that a deal to free

01:24 some of the hostages in exchange for a ceasefire is close.

01:28 "I believe so," said Biden when asked whether a deal was near during a Thanksgiving ceremony

01:33 at the White House and went on to cross his fingers to signal he hoped for good luck.

01:38 Separately, the Hamas leaders also met with Mirjana Spoljarek, president of the International

01:43 Committee of the Red Cross in Qatar on Monday, to advance humanitarian issues related to

01:48 the security conflict, the Geneva-based ICRC said in a statement.

01:52 Last week, Qatari mediators were seeking a deal for Hamas and Israel to exchange 50 hostages

01:57 in return for a three-day ceasefire that would boost emergency aid shipments to Gaza's civilians,

02:02 according to the reports.

02:03 Hamas' raid on October 7, the deadliest day in Israel's 75-year-old history, prompted

02:08 Israel to invade the Palestinian territory to target Hamas.

02:11 Since then, Gaza's Hamas-run government said at least 13,300 Palestinians have been

02:17 killed, including at least 5,600 children and 3,550 women, by unrelenting Israeli bombardment.

02:24 Hamas said on its Telegram account on Monday that it had launched a barrage of missiles

02:28 towards Tel Aviv.

02:29 Witnesses also reported rockets being fired at central Israel.

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