The Prime Minister told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the deal may see the release of fewer hostages than originally stated in the Witkoff framework, or possibly just Edan Alexander.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday during a closed session of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that if US Envoy Steve Witkoff’s deal framework is accepted, Israel will support it. However, according to a report by Channel 12, he noted that there may be a different deal, that includes fewer hostages for a lower price.
According to the report, a different possibility is that only American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander would be released in a “symbolic gesture” to the US.
Alexander, who was abducted on October 7th while serving in the IDF, is the last living US citizen in Hamas captivity.
Earlier on Sunday, both Al Jazeera and Reuters reported, citing a Palestinian Arab source, that Hamas was holding direct talks with the Trump administration regarding a ceasefire and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
