If a six-week ceasefire goes into effect, Hamas would agree to free up to 40 hostages while Israel would release at least 300 Palestinian prisoners.
Israel and Hamas are inching toward a new deal that would free some of the roughly 130 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a weeks-long pause in the war, now in its fifth month.
US President Joe Biden says a deal could go into effect as early as Monday, ahead of what is seen as an unofficial deadline — the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, around March 10.
A deal would bring some relief to people in Gaza, who have borne a staggering toll, as well as to the families of Israeli hostages taken during Hamas' October 7 attack that sparked the war.
According to a senior official from Egypt, a six-week ceasefire would go into effect, and Hamas would agree to free up to 40 hostages while Israel would release at least 300 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
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