“My national security advisor tells me that we are closewe are close, we are not there yet. My hope is that we have a ceasefire by next Monday“said the US president in dialogue with the press during a trip to New York.
Qatar, Egypt and the United States itself They are the countries that act as intermediaries in the conflict and are working to reach a negotiation between Israel and Hamas and see the possibility of a truce as close.
Is the truce between Israel and Hamas approaching?: the conditions on each side
From the Islamist movement, a source confirmed that talks began around the first phase of a plan drawn up in January by mediators, which provides for a six-week trucecombined with the release of the hostages still held by Hamas and the Palestinian prisoners in the hands of Israel.
In addition to these fundamental points, the truce provides for a new entry of humanitarian aid to Gazawhere already 29,782 died people since the start of the war on October 7.
However, from the side of Israel are more reticent about the idea of ending the conflict and they clarified that the truce would not mean the end of the war. Besides They demanded the release of all the hostages during that pause.
Hamas, for its part, calls for a complete ceasefirethe withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and helifting of the blockade imposed by Israel since 2007.
Five months of war: the consequences of the conflict in the Middle East
The war broke out on October 7when Hamas commandos infiltrated from Gaza launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel, killing at least 1,160 peoplemost of them civilians, according to an AFP count based on Israeli data.
Furthermore, during that same attack, 250 people were kidnapped and taken hostage in Loop. Israel claims that 130 of them are still detainedof which it is believed that 31 died.
Israel’s response against Gaza was brutal and left 29,782 deathslargely civilians, according to the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian territory controlled by Hamas, which It already counted 90 deaths in 24 hours this Monday.
Source: Ambito
