The negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza have entered their final phase

Israel and Hamas are finalizing the ceasefire agreement in Gaza mediated by the United States and Qatar, as the parties confirmed in recent hours.

Taste confirmed this Tuesday that an agreement between Israel and Hamas is “close”, and that too “the final details” are missing. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al Ansari explained in his weekly press conference that the mechanisms for implementing the ceasefire have yet to be agreed.

According to leaks, the possible deal under discussion contemplates three phases in which Israeli hostages held by Hamas would be gradually released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, culminating in the reconstruction of the enclave and the establishment of a new government.

Sources of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) have also anticipated the threat of an agreement and have not ruled out that it will be announced from Doha “in the coming hours or on Wednesday”. Hamas expressed its “satisfaction” this Tuesday with the latest progress in ceasefire negotiations and the exchange of hostages and prisoners in Gaza, and was optimistic that an agreement would be reached with Israel.

For his part, an official from the government of Israelon condition of anonymity, also assured on Tuesday that this is a “crucial moment to conclude the agreement” and that “remarkable progress has been made on all points in recent days”.

Positive statements about the threat of an agreement to end the war in Gaza have grown under pressure from Gaza’s newly elected president. USAIn this sense, Trump has stated that an agreement between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of the hostages is “very close.” could arrive this week.

So far, only a one-week ceasefire has been reached in November 2023, with 105 hostages exchanged for 240 Palestinian prisoners, while ceasefire negotiations are currently underway in phases.

Following Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, which left more than 1,200 dead, Israel launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing a total of 46,645 and injuring 110,012, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

However, a study in the scientific journal The Lancet estimates that a total of 64,260 people were killed in the first nine months of the Israeli invasion – between October 7, 2023 and last June 30 – well more than the number recorded by Gaza authorities.