Israeli media announced that Israel has proposed a new ceasefire offer in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire. According to reports, this proposal includes the release of half of the prisoners in the Gaza Strip.

In the news broadcast on Israel’s Channel 13 television, it was stated that Tel Aviv administration aims to increase the number of released live Israeli prisoners as much as possible. The news mentioned that a new ceasefire proposal was submitted by the Tel Aviv administration, demanding the release of half of all live and deceased Israeli prisoners in Gaza in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire. The news also reported that the Israeli security cabinet had a lengthy discussion after receiving a new ceasefire proposal from mediators on March 29. The news pointed out that the proposal foresaw the release of 5 prisoners, including U.S.-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander, and Israel rejected the proposal due to uncertainty about how many of the released prisoners would be alive. Consequently, Israel was reported to have made a new offer, requesting the release of half of the prisoners in Gaza in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire.

WILL THE ATTACKS ON GAZA CEASE? An article in Israel Hayom newspaper, based on a security official, claimed that if Hamas accepts the offer of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, Israel would consider ceasing its attacks on the Gaza Strip. The news mentioned that Witkoff proposed a 50-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of 10 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, allowing humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, and initiating second-stage negotiations.

ISRAEL HAD PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED ITS NEW PROPOSAL The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office had announced on the evening of March 29 that Israel had made a counter offer to the proposal of mediator countries for a ceasefire and mutual prisoner exchange in Gaza. Israeli media reported that Hamas had agreed to release 5 Israeli prisoners in return for renewing the ceasefire in Gaza and resuming negotiations for a long-term ceasefire.