Mediators conveyed the offer, which included a clause permitting return to Gaza if the terrorists disarm, to Hamas leaders, but received no answer, N12 reported.
Israel submitted a proposal to Hamas via intermediaries, offering terms that if Hamas terrorists hiding in terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip surrender, they would be arrested and imprisoned within Israel rather than killed, N12 reported on Wednesday.
According to the reported proposal, the terrorists may be offered to return to the Gaza Strip following their arrest if they promise to disarm and not engage in terror activity.
The mediators conveyed the message to Hamas terrorists, but no response was given, according to the report.
“We gave the terrorists in Rafah the option to live and be released from there. Up until this moment, they have not agreed to meet the conditions we set. It seems as if they have decided to become martyrs,” an Israeli source told N12.
This is a developing story.