A Hamas official has described the Gaza negotiations in Cairo as the “last chance” for the release of the Israeli hostages. A threat that apparently had an effect: Israel has now sent a delegation to the Egyptian capital.
The terrorist organization’s senior official, who asked not to be named, said Tuesday that the upcoming round of negotiations in Cairo was “the last chance” for Israel to “get the prisoners back alive.”
The indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas concern a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages abducted to Palestinian territory. Hamas representatives last held talks with mediators from Egypt and Qatar in the Egyptian capital Cairo this weekend. Israel was initially not represented in Cairo and the hoped-for breakthrough failed to materialize. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that a delegation had now arrived on site.
The negotiations must be ‘completed’.
The Hamas delegation left again on Sunday. According to the Hamas representative, she wanted to leave for the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday to “complete” the negotiations in Cairo. According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, Israel now wants to “send a high-level delegation to Egypt” to further negotiate a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Hamas is terrorizing its own population in the Gaza Strip. Members of the military wing of the terrorist organization Hamas executed three Palestinians in the western Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Tuesday for alleged collaboration with Israel. The Kassam Brigades initially provided no further details about the deaths of the three men. Israeli forces entered the eastern part of the city of Rafah on Tuesday evening.
Hamas wants to maintain control over the enclave
Israel’s goal is to destroy Hamas’ military and administrative capabilities in the Gaza Strip. The background is the unprecedented massacre with more than 1,200 deaths that terrorists from Hamas and other extremist organizations caused in the Israeli border area on October 7 last year.
Hamas wants to maintain control of the Gaza Strip, which it seized in 2007. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, of the rival Fatah organization, was expelled from the area by Hamas at the time. Fatah and Hamas are bitter rivals.
Source: Krone
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