LATEST REPORT 3:11PM ET: A senior Hamas official confirmed on Monday that the group has received a draft ceasefire proposal with Israel in Gaza from mediators.

Speaking to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the source stated that Hamas leaders will convene tonight to review the draft, adding that no significant changes are expected and the response is likely to be favorable.

According to the newspaper, the draft outlines a phased process:

• Phase 1: Partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
• Phase 2: Israeli surveillance posts remain operational.
• Phase 3: Complete withdrawal of Israeli forces by the final day.

The Saudi news outlet Al-Hadath reports that Hamas is insisting on the return of the body of its slain leader Yahya Sinwar as part of the initial phase of the hostage agreement.

LATEST REPORT 12:42PM ET: Saudi TV station al-Hadath reports that Israel has provided Hamas with a list of hundreds of Palestinian security detainees to be released as part of a hostage-ceasefire agreement. Some of these detainees are serving life sentences, although the station notes that Marwan Barghouti, the imprisoned Intifada leader, is not included on the list. The report suggests that an announcement on the deal could come tonight or tomorrow morning, but it would not be implemented until Wednesday, January 22.

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Channel 12 reports that mediators have given Hamas a deadline to provide their response to the “final” version of a hostage-ceasefire agreement by midnight. According to unnamed sources cited in the report, Hamas has supplied Qatari mediators with a list of living hostages, as Israel had insisted. It is believed that Israel has reviewed this list.

The report also states that, if the agreement moves forward, all individuals on a previously published list of 34 hostages—including women, children, and elderly or ill men—will be freed during the first phase, set to last 42 days. The release of hostages would reportedly start one week after the truce begins.

Negotiations for the deal’s second phase are expected to commence 16 days after the initial truce takes effect, focusing on freeing male hostages under the age of 50.

As for Hamas’s demand for an “end of the war,” the report suggests the agreement is more likely to use the term “permanent ceasefire.”

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