Hamas agreed to an Egyptian proposal that includes the release of five live hostages in exchange for the resumption of humanitarian aid into Gaza, a weeks-long ceasefire, and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the Associated Press reported on Monday morning.

Reuters reported on the Egyptian proposal on Friday but did not disclose details. The AP report revealed details from sources in Egypt that the agreement includes the release of five live hostages, including US-Israeli citizen Eden Alexander.

A senior Hamas official told the AP that the organization “responded positively” to a proposal – which differs from its latest outline it agreed to: the release of Edan Alexander along with 4 deceased hostages with US citizenship.

However, political sources in Israel said that no Egyptian proposal had been passed to the negotiating team.

The Tikvah Forum, which represents right-wing families of hostages, responded to the report by stating that this is “another selection. Again, they are taking out individual hostages and condemning other hostages to their fate. We demand that the Prime Minister and all members of the cabinet strongly oppose and not allow another selection among the hostages. The Israeli government must get everyone out together in one go on one bus, and until then increase military pressure, conquer territory in the Gaza Strip and prevent any humanitarian aid, electricity, and water from reaching Hamas.”

A source quoted in the Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed media outlet on Monday morning said that the Egyptian proposal requires Hamas to provide detailed information on living hostages, the dead and the wounded, including photographic evidence to substantiate the information. However, this information was not published in the AP report and has no confirmation from other sources.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)