Posted on 05/26/2025 12:30:56 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Hamas appears to have tried to pull a bait-and-switch on the latest cease-fire deal by altering the terms of the proposal that were sent to the terror group, according to President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff.
Hamas claimed on Monday that it had been presented with a new US proposal that would see a 70-day ceasefire and the release of five live hostages on the first and final days of the truce, a Hamas-tied Palestinian official told Reuters.
The deal Hamas claimed to have received would also include a partial withdrawal Israeli from the Gaza Strip, the official said. This supposed deal would also include the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel, many serving lengthy prison sentences.
But a “disappointed” Witkoff blasted Hamas, claiming that the terms of the deal he had actually sent to Hamas were very different from their response.
The latest Witkoff proposal includes the release of 10 living and 19 dead hostages in return for 45 to 60 days of ceasefire and the release of Palestinian prisoners.
“What I have seen from Hamas is disappointing and completely unacceptable,” Witkoff, a New York real estate billionaire, told Axios.
He said Israel agreed to the terms of the deal he proposed, and that it would offer a path to a permanent cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
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Democrats and Hamas are so much alike — total liars and perpetrators of violence
HamAss doesn’t ever learn.
What is the Arabic word for integrity?
Hamas has never learned it either.
Why are they wasting time negotiating with these sub-humans? How many times do they need to be made to look like fools? Embarrassing.
The subhumans are still holding hostages.
You can’t negotiate with vermin just kill Hamas off
Yes. So they don’t free the hostages and make a stooge out of Witkoff. Great negotiating.
Sounds like a crappy “deal”. Forget the damn hostages. Do not release a single terrorist from jail...EVER. Instead, start executing them, 1 per day, until Hamas surrenders and all hostages, dead or alive, are released.
Slow day in ukeland? /s
Putin didn’t shoot down another airliner?? /s/s
Too bad POTUS drew a fake line in the sand.
Can’t do that with terrorists. Only one way to get it back.
I doubt the concept — or the word — exists in that language.
Muzzies pulled a fast one on your Momz last night.🕺🏻🕺🏻😱😂
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