A hostage deal could be signed by the end of this week and could include the deportation of senior Palestinian security prisoners to Qatar and Türkiye, various Arab media sites reported on Wednesday, APA reports.
A report by Saudi news outlet Asharq Al-Awsat cited a Hamas official as stating that a deal was "imminent," with the main points having already been agreed upon.
According to Asharq Al-Awsat, in the first stage of the agreement, which is supposed to last some 45-60 days, Hamas would release some 30 hostages, both alive and deceased, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.