Hamas has responded positively to a new fire cessation proposal with Israel in Gaza, presented by mediators from Egypt and Qatar, a Palestinian Islamist Movement on Monday.
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“Hamas sent his response to the mediators and confirmed that the movement and the (Palestinian) factions have accepted the new proposal to cease the fire without requesting changes”, he said under the condition of anonymity.
A delegation of the Islamist movement has received a new proposal to cease fire in the Gaza Strip, which provides an initial 60 -day armistice and release in two stages of hostages, a Palestinian manager said on Monday, writes News.
The text presented to Hamas in Cairo, where the Prime Minister in Qatar met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, takes over the general lines of a previous American proposal. This new proposal “is based on that of the American envoy (Steve) Witkoff, which provides for a sixty -day armistice and the release of Israeli prisoners in two stages,” according to a Palestinian source close to the file.
“The proposal is a framework agreement for launching negotiations on a permanent armistice. Hamas will organize internal consultations in his management” And with the leaders of other allied groups, he added this source, who wanted to remain anonymous.
According to a source of the Islamic jihad, a Palestinian ally group of Hamas, this plan provides for a 60 -day armistice in exchange for the release of 10 Israeli hostages and the restitution of a number of prisoners.
According to the source of the Islamic jihad, “The remaining captives would be released in a second phase, following immediate negotiations for a larger agreement” to put an end to the war, with international guarantees. This would have the purpose of “counteract the occupant's plan to occupy Gaza and to relocate the inhabitants ”.
Mediators' efforts – Egypt, Qatar and the United States – have failed to reach a sustainable armistice in the war that has been devastating for 22 months the Gaza Strip.
On Monday, 19 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks and shots.
No Israeli manager commented on the current discussions in Egypt, where Prime Minister Qatariot moved, Mohammed Ben Abdelrahmane al-Thani.
This resumption of diplomatic efforts occurs when the Israeli army is preparing to conquer the city of Gaza and the nearby refugee camps, which have escaped its control, in accordance with a new Israeli plan adopted with the stated purpose of destroying Hamas and freeing all the hostages.
The announcement increases the pressure on the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, both from the public opinion, who are afraid for the fate of the 49 hostages still detained in Gaza – of which 27 are dead, according to the army – as well as from the international community, where the calls are multiplied to end the sufferings of the inhabitants of Gaza.
Tens of thousands of Israelis showed on Sunday at Tel Aviv to demand the cessation of war and the return of hostages, abducted on October 7, 2023 during the unprecedented attack of Hamas to Israel, which triggered the war in Gaza.
Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel will only accept an agreement “in which all hostages will be released once in the Israeli conditions to put an end to the war “in Gaza, a territory threatened by a” generalized hunger “according to the UN.
On his social network Truth, US President Donald Trump commented: “We will not see the return of the remaining hostages only when Hamas will be defeated and destroyed! The faster this will happen, the higher the chances of success.”
251 people were taken hostage during the attack of October 7, 2023, which caused the death of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, by the Israeli side. The Israeli offensive of reprisals in Gaza caused 61,944 dead, most civilians, according to the data of the Ministry of Health of Hamas, considered reliable by the UN. This also caused a humanitarian catastrophe. Since the beginning of the war, Israel besieged 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza, which he subjected at the beginning of March a total humanitarian blockage, then relieved in May and again at the end of July, in front of international critics.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, told the border between Gaza and Egypt that his country is ready “to contribute to any international force that could be carried out in Gaza“, Provided it is based on”A resolution of the Security Council, a clear mandate and register in a political perspective ”. He was alarmed by the humanitarian situation “From the field, which goes beyond any imagination.”
Amnesty International accused Israel of leading to Gaza o “Deliberate starvation campaign”with the intention of “systematically destroys the health, well -being and social structure of Palestinian life. ” Israel has repeatedly rejected accusations of deliberate starvation and states that they make efforts to allow more foods to enter.
