“We are talking above all about a complete and total ceasefire and not about a temporary truce,” he said. Taher al Nunu, a senior Hamas official, speaking to the news agency AFP.
The leader did not give details of the agreement that the Islamist group seeks to reach, although he stressed that as soon as the fighting stops we can “talk about the rest of the details”. Among the most important points of the negotiation is the release of the nearly 100 hostages still held in Gaza.
Qatar intensifies efforts to reach peace between Israel and Hamas
Al Nunu’s statements came after Qatar announced in Washington that it will provide Hamas with a framework to achieve an end to the fighting in Gaza.
Qatar, along with Egypt and the United States, have been leading mediation efforts since the war began on October 7. The Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, declared today to the NBC television network that “significant progress” had been made this week.
The head of American intelligence, William Burnsmet yesterday with senior Egyptian, Israeli and Qatari officials in Paris to negotiate a truce in the Palestinian territory.
Humanitarian crisis in Gaza, waiting for the end of the conflict
Gaza is mired in a serious humanitarian crisis due to the Israeli siege, and one a quarter of its population is hungry.
More of 26,637 Palestinians have died so far in Israeli attacksaccording to Hamas data today, and the 85% of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants left their homesmany of whom took refuge in agency facilities. UN for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).
Israel launched its military operation in the coastal region ruled by Hamas on October 7, after militants of the Islamist movement infiltrated from Gaza 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in southern Israel and they will take with them some 240 hostagestwenty of them of Argentine nationality.
Source: Ambito
