From: The Times of Israel April 28, 2025

1. Israel won’t accept 5 year Gaza truce,
2. Qatar isn’t helping hostage talks

Jerusalem official says; ‘No chance’ Israel will agree to deal that allows Hamas to ‘rearm, recover,’ An Israeli official said Monday that there is “no chance” Israel would accept the five-year truce proposal with the Hamas terror group that is currently being discussed by Arab mediators.

“There is no chance that we will agree to a hudna with Hamas that just allows it to rearm, recover and to continue its war against Israel,” referring to a statement from a Hamas official that the group is willing to release all of the remaining hostages in exchange for a 5-year cessation of hostilities in Gaza Strip.

“Hudna” is an Arabic term denoting a prolonged period of strategic calm that falls between a ceasefire and a peace treaty.
The term has been used to describe 'periods' of calm between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in the past few decades.

the Hamas official told Agence France-Presse last week, on condition of anonymity:
“Hamas is ready for an exchange of prisoners in a single batch and a truce for five years,”

The group has consistently demanded that a truce agreement must lead to:
1. the end of the war set off by their October 7, 2023 invasion of Israel,
2. full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza,
3. prisoner exchange,
4. and the immediate and sufficient entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip.

Israel has refused, in any agreement, to end the war or leave Hamas in power as the enclave’s governing body, arguing that the group will use any prolonged ceasefire to rearm and carry out another attack on Israel, akin to that of October 7.

Israel’s campaign in Gaza is still designed to slowly pressure Hamas in order to push it to accept Israel’s terms for a hostage deal.
The official added: “but our patience isn’t endless.”