Here is the full text of
the response to the Paris proposal that Hamas delivered to Qatari and Egyptian
mediators earlier today Feb. 6, 2024, translated by Resistance News Network. The American and zionist sides received a copy of the 3-page-long
response, including amendments to the “Framework Agreement” proposal, in
addition to a special appendix of guarantees and demands aimed at stopping the
aggression and addressing its affects.
Draft - Preliminary Response/ the Hamas Movement's
Response To a General Framework for a Comprehensive Agreement
among the Parties (between the "israeli" occupation, Hamas,
and the Palestinian factions)
This agreement aims to stop the mutual military
operations between the parties, achieve complete and lasting calm, exchange
prisoners between the two sides, end the blockade on Gaza, reconstruction,
return of residents and displaced persons to their homes, and provide shelter
and relief requirements for all residents in all areas of the Gaza Strip,
according to the following stages:
First Stage (45 days):
This humanitarian stage aims at releasing all
"israeli" detainees from among women and children (under the age of
19, not conscripted), the elderly, and the sick, in exchange for a specific
number of Palestinian prisoners, in addition to intensifying humanitarian aid,
redeployment of forces outside populated areas, allowing the commencement of
reconstruction of hospitals, houses, and facilities in all areas of the Strip,
and permitting the United Nations and its agencies to provide humanitarian
services, and establishing housing camps for the population, as follows:
- A temporary cessation of military operations,
cessation of aerial reconnaissance, and redeployment of "israeli"
forces away from populated areas in the entire Gaza Strip, to be aligned with
the dividing line, enabling the parties to complete the exchange of detainees
and prisoners.
- The two parties will release "israeli"
detainees from among women and children (under the age of 19, not conscripted),
the elderly, and the sick, in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners,
ensuring the release of all individuals whose names are pre-agreed upon during
this stage.
- Intensification of the entry of necessary and
sufficient quantities for the population's needs (to be determined) of
humanitarian aid and fuel daily, allowing appropriate quantities of
humanitarian aid to reach all areas in the Gaza Strip including the north of
the Strip, and the return of displaced persons to their residences in all areas
of the Strip.
- Reconstruction of hospitals across the Strip and
introducing what necessary for establishing population camps/tents for
sheltering the population, and resumption of all humanitarian services provided
to the population by the United Nations and its agencies.
- Beginning of (indirect) negotiations regarding the
requirements necessary for restoring complete calm.
- The attached appendix with details of the first
stage is an integral part of this agreement, with the agreement on details of
the second and third stages during the implementation of the first stage.
Second Stage (45 days):
The completion of (indirect) negotiations regarding
the requirements necessary for the continued cessation of mutual military
operations and return to a state of complete calm must be announced before
implementing the second stage.
This stage aims to release all detained men (civilians
and conscripts), in exchange for specific numbers of Palestinian prisoners,
continuation of humanitarian measures from the first stage, withdrawal of
"israeli" forces outside the borders of all Gaza Strip areas, and
commencement of comprehensive reconstruction of houses, facilities, and
infrastructure destroyed in all areas of the Gaza Strip, according to specific
mechanisms that ensure implementation of this and the complete end of the siege
on the Gaza Strip, as agreed upon in the first stage.
Third Stage (45 days):
This stage aims at exchanging the bodies and remains
of the deceased between the two sides after identification, and continuation of
humanitarian measures from the first and second stages, according to what will
be agreed upon in the first and second stages.
Framework Agreement Appendix: Details of the First
Stage
- Complete cessation of military operations from both
sides, and stopping all forms of aerial activities including reconnaissance,
throughout this stage.
- Redeployment of "israeli" forces away from
populated areas in the entire Gaza Strip, to be aligned with the dividing line
to the east and north, enabling the parties to complete the exchange of
detainees and prisoners.
- Both parties will release "israeli"
detainees from among women and children (under the age of 19, not conscripted),
the elderly, and the sick, in exchange for all prisoners in the occupation's
prisons including women, children, elderly (above 50 years), and the sick who
were arrested up to the date of signing this agreement without exception, in
addition to 1,500 Palestinian prisoners, of whom Hamas will name 500 with life
sentences and high sentences.
- Completion of necessary legal procedures ensuring
that the released Palestinian and Arab prisoners are not re-arrested for the
same charges for which they were arrested.
- The mutual and simultaneous release in a manner that
ensures the release of all individuals listed in the pre-agreed lists during
this stage, with names and lists exchanged before implementation.
- Improvement of conditions for prisoners in the
occupation's prisons and lifting of measures and sanctions imposed after
October 7th, 2023.
- Stopping the incursions and aggression by
"israeli" settlers on Al-Aqsa Mosque and returning the situation in
Al-Aqsa Mosque to what it was before 2002.
- Intensifying the entry of necessary and sufficient
quantities for the residents' needs (no less than 500 trucks) of humanitarian
aid and fuel daily, allowing appropriate quantities of humanitarian aid to
reach all areas of the Strip, especially the north of the Gaza Strip.
- The return of displaced persons to their residences
in all areas of the Strip, ensuring the freedom of movement of residents and
citizens by all means of transport without hindrance in all areas of the Gaza
Strip, especially from the south to the north.
- Ensuring the opening of all crossings with the Gaza
Strip, resumption of trade, and allowing the freedom of movement of individuals
and goods without obstacles.
- Lifting any "israeli" restrictions on the
movement of travelers, patients, and the wounded through the Rafah crossing.
- Ensuring all wounded men, women, and children are
allowed to receive treatment abroad without restrictions.
- Egypt and Qatar will lead efforts with all necessary
parties to manage and supervise the guarantee, achievement, and completion of
the following issues:
1. Providing
and introducing sufficient heavy equipment necessary for debris and rubble
removal.
2. Providing
civil defense equipment, and the requirements of the Ministry of Health.
3. The
process of reconstructing hospitals and bakeries across the Strip and
introducing what is necessary for establishing camps for residents/tents for
sheltering the population.
4.
Introducing no less than 60,000 temporary homes (caravans/containers) such that
15,000 homes enter the Gaza Strip each week from the start of this stage, in
addition to 200,000 shelter tents, at a rate of 50,000 tents each week, to
shelter those whose homes were destroyed by the occupation during the war.
5. Beginning
the reconstruction and repair of infrastructure in all areas of the Strip, and
rehabilitating electricity, telecommunications, and water networks.
6. Approving
a reconstruction plan for homes, economic facilities, and public utilities
destroyed due to aggression, scheduling the reconstruction process within no
more than 3 years.
- Resumption of all humanitarian services provided to
the population in all areas of the Strip, by the United Nations, its agencies,
especially UNRWA, and all international organizations operating to resume their
work in all areas of the Gaza Strip as before October 7th, 2023.
- Re-supplying the Gaza Strip with the necessary fuel
to re-operate the power generation station and all sectors.
- The occupation's commitment to supplying Gaza with
its electricity and water needs.
- Beginning (indirect) negotiations regarding the
requirements necessary for the continued cessation of mutual military
operations and return to a state of complete and mutual calm.
- The exchange process is closely linked to the extent
of commitment to the entry of sufficient aid, relief, and shelter mentioned and
agreed upon.
Guarantors of the agreement: Egypt, Qatar, Turkey,
Russia, the United Nations
