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Report: Israel Open to Allowing Sinwar to Go into Exile in Return for All Hostages
(NBC News) Anna Schecter - Israel would be willing to let Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar sail into exile in exchange for the release of all hostages and an end to the Hamas government in Gaza, Israeli officials told NBC News. The idea of exile to pave the way for a new, deradicalized Gaza governing body has been "on the table" since November, according to a senior adviser to the Israeli government. The idea of sending top Hamas leaders into exile instead of killing them resembled when Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization fled Beirut on a ship in 1982. "We don't mind if [Sinwar] will leave like Arafat left Lebanon," said a senior adviser to Prime Minister Netanyahu. "We will allow it to happen as long as all of the hostages are released."