2024-05-04 09:17:22
A delegation from the Palestinian movement Hamas arrived in Egypt on Saturday to continue discussions regarding a truce agreement with Israel in the Gaza Strip, Cairo news channel confirmed.
The channel, citing a senior Egyptian source, reported “significant progress in the negotiations,” noting that the Egyptian security delegation in charge of the negotiations “reached a consensus formula on many points of disagreement “.
The Hamas movement, classified as a terrorist organization in the United States and other countries, said Friday that it underlines “the positive spirit with which it dealt when studying the ceasefire proposal » and that he “will go to Cairo in the coming days”. same mind” to reach an agreement.
She added in a statement: “Hamas and the Palestinian resistance forces are determined to bring the agreement to fruition in order to meet the demands of our people. »
They thought he was a hostage in Gaza. The body of a young Israeli man killed on October 7 has been identified.
The Israeli army announced that it had identified the body of the young man, Elyakim Lipman (23), among those killed during the attack launched on October 7 by Hamas once morest settlements near Gaza.
Egypt, alongside Qatar and the United States, is leading mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire agreement in the conflict which began on October 7.
An Egyptian security source told Reuters on Friday that Egyptian mediators would meet with a Hamas delegation and CIA officials on Saturday. But it is not clear whether the meetings will take place with each side separately or with both sides together.
Ceasefire talks have continued for months without leading to a major breakthrough, as Israel says it is determined to eliminate the Hamas movement, while the latter says it wants a permanent ceasefire and withdrawal complete Israeli from Gaza.
Report: Israeli officials consider sharing power with Arab countries in Gaza following war
The US newspaper New York Times, citing Israeli officials, revealed that senior officials in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office were studying an expanded plan for Gaza following the war, which would include “sharing supervision of the Gaza Strip with a coalition of Arab countries. »
Egypt renewed its efforts to restart negotiations late last month. Cairo is concerned regarding the possibility that Israel might carry out a ground operation once morest Hamas in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, where more than a million people are taking refuge near the border with Egypt.
Egyptian sources told Reuters that the two sides had recently made some concessions, leading to progress in negotiations, but Israel still says the planned operation in Rafah is imminent.
The war began following Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7, in which it killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, including women and children, and took 253 hostages, according to the Israeli statistics.
On the other hand, the Gaza Health Ministry said that 34,654,000 Palestinians were killed, mostly women and children, as a result of Israeli military operations in the strip.
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