Gaza, the only major obstacle to the truce between Hamas and Israel –

“Negotiations to end the war in Gaza in Qatar’s capital Doha have made some progress,” but “other obstacles remain.” This was revealed by the Saudi all-news channel Al-Sharq, with sources in agreement, according to which the talks launched on Wednesday by US, Qatari and Egyptian officials with “operational” counterparts from the Mossad, the Israeli army and the Shin Bet will resume in the coming days to fill the gaps.

The sources say that “the biggest obstacle still revolves around the Philadelphia corridor, which separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt”, after “Hamas rejected the Israeli proposal to install 4 watchtowers along the corridor during the first phase of the truce, which will last 6 weeks”. The same well-informed sources confirmed to Al-Sharq that “there is progress in a number of other dossiers”, in particular that of “the return of civilians displaced from the south of the Strip to the north, the exchange of prisoners and the reopening of the Rafah crossing with Egypt”. Hamas sources – the Saudi broadcaster specifies – reported that the movement “insists on Israel’s complete withdrawal from the Philadelphia corridor”.