Hamas Peace Demands Are "non-starters for Israel."

Hamas has given its answer to the hostage release framework worked out in Paris last weekend.

The demands include:

-Demanding a permanent end to the war.

-The end of the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza.

The reconstruction of the enclave.

The release of Palestinian security prisoners.

These terms have been non-starters for Israel, which is seeking shorter pauses in fighting for a phased hostage release.

Hamas says in a statement that the terror group “engaged with the proposal in a positive spirit” and was demanding a “comprehensive and complete ceasefire, and ending the aggression against our people, and guaranteeing relief, shelter, [and] reconstruction, [and] lifting the blockade of the Gaza Strip, and completing a prisoner exchange.”

Qatar earlier said Hamas’s answer was a “positive response” and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the US will review Hamas’s answer and he will discuss the developments with Israel tomorrow when he arrives on a visit, following trips to Cairo and Doha.