The top leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeharrived in Egypt today to talk about conflict with Israel in Gaza and try to reach a truce and an exchange of hostages for prisoners. The conversation is being mediated by Qatar and Egypt.
In that sense, they assure that Israel proposed to Hamas a one-week pause in the fighting in Gaza in exchange for 40 hostages. The truth is that with the agreement it seeks to free them women, the elderly and people who need urgent care.
War in Gaza: the possible agreement between Israel and Hamas
Through Qatari measurers, Israel will present the agreement to Hamasin which they will seek to end the fighting for a week without releasing the hostages.
In this context, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuwho has promised destroy the Hamas government in Gaza and free the hostages, also faces internal pressure to pause to allow more releases of hostages.
For its part, Hamas has already said that will not release more hostages until “the war ends”, that is, if Israel relaunches it after an eventual truce. While Netanyahu reiterated today that Israel “the war will continue until the end“, as he has stated since the beginning of the conflict.
In any case, the discussions will focus on “stop aggression and warprepare an agreement on the release of (Palestinian) prisoners and end the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.” The meeting will seek to reach an agreement on the truce in exchange for the release of hostages.
Negotiations at the UN
While Israel and Hamas negotiate a truce in exchange for hostages, negotiations will also continue in the UNwhere the Security Council has been unable to adopt a resolution to accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The vote on a new resolution promoted by Arab countries that calls for a “lasting cessation“The confrontations to distribute aid have been postponed twice this week, and the members of the highest body of the United Nations are looking for the appropriate formula to avoid a new veto of USAIsrael’s main ally.
According to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs published today, half of the population suffers from extreme or severe hunger. “Without the clean water, food and sanitation that only a humanitarian ceasefire can provide, child deaths from disease could exceed those killed in the bombings,” he warned. Unicef, the UN children’s agency.
Source: Ambito
