Reports are coming in as of 6:30 AM EST CLAIMING that an agreement IN PRICIPAL for a ceasefire and the release by Hamas of 80 Hostages, has ALLEGEDLY been made.
Egypt and Qatar are mediating with Israel and the Islamist group Hamas for the release of some 80 hostages, all of whom are Israeli civilians, in exchange for a temporary ceasefire and the commitment of the Jewish State to stop attacking health centers, three sources knowledgeable about the status of the process CLAIM.
An anonymous Egyptian security source has assured that there is a "preliminary agreement" to carry out "the process of releasing the prisoners." This is expected to "take place in the next few hours" and he defined it as "a beginning on which we can build to reach a ceasefire and restore the two parties, the Israeli and the Palestinian, to the negotiating table."
(HT REMARK: This is almost impossible to corroborate given the circumstances over there, but since three separate sources have made this claim, I am reporting it to you.)
