A source close to the Hamas delegation participating in the "Gaza negotiations" revealed to Al-Sharq TV on Monday that the delegation, headed by Khalil Al-Hayya, delivered an initial list of names of "living Israeli detainees" to Egyptian Intelligence Minister Major General Hassan Rashad during the Cairo meeting on Sunday.

The source familiar with the negotiations said that a number of the detainees hold American citizenship, noting that the list includes "4 or 5 detainees who most likely hold dual American citizenship."

He stated that this step would be met with the release of Palestinian prisoners, including no less than 100 prisoners with high sentences (without giving details about the number of prisoners on both sides), explaining that this step, if implemented by Israel, "would constitute the first stage of a prisoner exchange agreement, which is part of a more comprehensive agreement for a gradual ceasefire that includes a gradual Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip."

Ceasefire Agreement Details

The source confirmed that if Israel agrees, the ceasefire agreement will begin under the supervision of mediators, for a period of 6 to 8 weeks, and the exchange process will begin immediately, and the entry of aid trucks, which will be gradually increased to reach 400 trucks, and the withdrawal of the Israeli army from within the cities and camps of the Strip.

The Israeli army will remain in the Philadelphi and Netzarim axes and 6 border points in the northern Gaza Strip, then gradually withdraw, with the gradual return of the displaced according to each area from which the army withdraws.

The source said that the army will withdraw from the Rafah crossing area to allow for its gradual re-operation, starting with the transfer of the injured and sick for treatment abroad, and the entry of the field hospital from Egypt, including fuel to operate the hospitals, civil defense, and bakeries, indicating that the mediators, along with the American administration, are guarantors of the implementation of the agreement and reconstruction.

He pointed out that according to these understandings, the mediators guarantee not returning to war during the negotiation period and implementation of the agreement, leading to a comprehensive, permanent ceasefire agreement.

The Hamas delegation, headed by Khalil Al-Hayya, arrived in Cairo on Sunday at the invitation of Egypt, and met with the Egyptian Minister of Intelligence in a visit that lasted several hours before the Hamas delegation returned to Doha.

Hamas sources told Asharq earlier that they had asked the Palestinian factions holding Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip to prepare files on the status of living prisoners and bodies, in preparation for any exchange deal that might see the light this time.