Palestinian factions mulling coup against Sinwar over ceasefire deal

 (The report below comes from I24 News in Israel which is usually very reliable)

Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip are mulling staging a coup against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, according to a report on the UK new site The Jewish Chronicle. 

This comes amid deep divides over the terms of a ceasefire deal with Israel to end the fighting, the report said.

Sinwar is also reportedly surrounded with 22 living Israeli hostages, who are handcuffed and used as human shields against assassination attempts. Israel, it is claimed, has had several opportunities to eliminate him, but has restrained itself due to the risk of harming its captives. The report also mentioned that the rest of the hostages are held by smaller Palestinian terrorist factions.

Hamas wants mediators to show plan before truce talks

David Cohen, the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, said that the fate of the ceasefire and hostage release deal is in the hands of Sinwar, and that Israel has shown serious intent to make concessions to free the captives.