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Based on accounts from a senior Hamas official and a source close to the Palestinian negotiating team, Jeremy Scahill details for Drop Site News the Palestinian side’s view of the first-phase Gaza ceasefire framework. It reports concerns over releasing Israeli captives without firm withdrawal guarantees, as well as proposed terms including roughly 2,000 Palestinian detainee releases, reopening Rafah, and 600 daily aid trucks. Useful for research on Palestinian negotiating positions and the role of US assurances in the October 2025 talks.
