Egyptian sources claim that “remarkable progress has been made in reconciling the positions of the Egyptian and Israeli delegations on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.”
The Palestinian group Hamas confirmed in a short statement this Saturday that it has already received the ceasefire proposal for the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners from Israel and that it will study it.
“The Hamas movement today received the official response from the Zionist occupation (Israel) to the movement’s position, which was delivered to the Egyptian and Qatari mediators on April 13,” wrote Khalil, deputy head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
According to Al Hiya, “the movement will study this proposal and once its study is completed, it will present the proposal answerWithout specifying how much time the group will need to prepare its response, Israel has warned that it will not allow the Palestinian group to delay.
On Friday, an Egyptian mediation delegation traveled to Israel to discuss the case.
An Egyptian delegation returns to Israel to try to revive negotiations and agree on a ceasefire in Gaza
According to Egyptian state television Al Qahera News, the meetings “have been held remarkable progress in the convergence of the positions of the Egyptian and Israeli delegations on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Similarly, Egyptian security sources close to the meetings confirmed that the talks were “fruitful” and that “many obstacles to reaching a ceasefire” have been overcome, although Cairo warns of an Israeli invasion of Rafah.
According to the sources, this would be on the Israeli side prepared to suspend military operations for about six weeks and to allow the return of displaced persons to northern Gaza, while initially approving an exchange of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
According to the Israeli newspaper Walla, the Israeli government has expressed to the Egyptian delegation its willingness to make a last attempt at negotiations with Hamas to reach a “temporary” truce, before launching a ceasefire. ground invasion in Rafah.
Likewise, Israel told the Egyptian delegation that preparations for the Rafah operation are serious and that Hamas will not allow any delay.
Hamas persists kidnapped since the October 7 attack, there have been 133 people, a significant number of whom could be dead.
Source: EITB
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