The Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal talks hit another obstacle after Hamas reportedly made a new demand surrounding which prisoners Israel should release. Negotiators increasingly fear that neither Israel nor Hamas is truly motivated to reach a deal to halt the 11-month war.Earlier this week, US, Qatari and Egyptian negotiators were working through the final details of a “bridging proposal.” These proposals are aimed at resolving the remaining differences between the two sides, report say.However, Hamas is said to have introduced the new demand that has for now put a deal even further out of reach, according to the Washington Post. The two sides had tentatively agreed that Israel would release Palestinian militants serving life sentences in exchange for Hamas freeing Israeli soldiers.n18oc_world n18oc_crux
