A new proposal for a hostage release and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was recently presented to mediators, Hebrew media outlets reported on Tuesday, as the Hamas terror group indicated that it had received and was studying various drafts that could see a halt to fighting in Gaza.

According to Ynet, Mossad chief David Barnea presented Qatari interlocutors with a proposal for the release of 11-14 hostages from Gaza in exchange for a number of Palestinian security prisoners from Israel and a month-long truce in the Palestinian enclave.

Among the hostages that would be released in the deal would be all remaining women and children held by the terror group, the report stated.

While Ynet attributed the proposal to Israel’s negotiating team, Channel 12 reported that it was the Qatari mediators that presented the framework.

According to the reports, the deal would not demand a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip nor a complete end to the fighting — both of which have been sticking points in previous rounds of failed negotiations, as Hamas has insisted it will agree to nothing less.

Citing sources familiar with the matter, Ynet reported that to encourage Hamas to accept a deal that does not include a full withdrawal of Israeli troops, Israel would be expected to commit to releasing more Palestinian security prisoners than it otherwise would have.

While the number has not been determined, the Walla news outlet reported that Israel would release around 100 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the 11-14 hostages.

The terror group appeared to stick to its previously issued demands on Tuesday when senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri confirmed that the group had been examining various options but reiterated that it would not accept any proposal that did not stipulate the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.

“The movement has confirmed it is open to any deal or ideas that ends the suffering of our people in Gaza and achieve a permanent ceasefire, and the occupation’s withdrawal from all of Gaza Strip,” he said in a televised address.

He added that any agreement must end the blockade of the Strip, allow unrestricted relief aid and the reconstruction of Gaza, and achieve a swap of Israeli hostages in Gaza for Palestinian security prisoners in Israel.

The demands were largely in line with those presented by the terror group over the last year.

Following on from the progress made in Doha in recent days, an Israeli official told the Times of Israel on Tuesday that there would be a second round of hostage talks later this week, this time in Egypt.

The delegation will likely be led by Barnea, the official said.

At the same time as the Israeli delegation continues to attend talks, Qatari mediators are expected to meet with Hamas leaders in Doha to discuss whether or not the terror group is willing to return to the negotiating table, Ynet reported.

In addition to the offer of a month-long ceasefire in exchange for the release of 11-14 hostages, Hamas will also be briefed on two other possible partial deals, the report stated.

The first is the offer put forward by Egyptian mediators for a two-day ceasefire to exchange four Israeli hostages for some Palestinian prisoners.

The Egyptian proposal would also include 10 days of negotiations after the release of the four hostages.

A second proposal that Qatar is expected to present to Hamas’s leadership was drawn up by Russia and includes the release of two hostages with Russian citizenship, Alexander (Sasha) Trufanov and Maxim Herkin.

Hamas politburo member Moussa Abu Marzouk previously told Russia’s RIA state news agency that the two would be a “priority” but only as part of a ceasefire deal and in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Despite the reported progress in negotiations, the Axios news site reported that the US does not expect any breakthrough in negotiations ahead of the US presidential elections on November 5.

Nevertheless, a Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday that Qatar will work on the a ceasefire deal along with US President Joe Biden’s administration “until the last minute” before the election.

“We don’t foresee any negative result of the elections on the mediation process itself. We believe we are dealing with institutions, and in a country like the United States the institutions are invested in finding a resolution to this crisis,” spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari told a press conference.

It is believed that 97 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 34 confirmed dead by the IDF.

Hamas released 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released before that. Eight hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 37 hostages have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the military as they tried to escape their captors.

Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014.

Lazar Berman contributed to this report.