Location at a glance: Hamas advises with Palestinian groups about ceasefire

With other Palestinian groups, the Islamist Hamas advises a new ceasefire about the latest proposal. “In order to end the Zionist aggression against our people and to ensure free access to humanitarian aid, our movement conducts consultations with the leaders of the Palestinian forces and groups about the proposal,” said the organization. “After completing the consultations, the movement will present a final decision to the intermediaries and officially announce them.”

In Hamas, it was said that the terrorist organization had reacted positively to the new proposal. However, the group wants to guarantee that the two-month ceasefire leads to a permanent end of the fights, quoted the newspaper “Asharq al-A-Aat” published in London from the Hamas area. Meanwhile, according to a report by the news portal “Ynet”, the Israeli security cabinet came together to advise on the details of a possible break.

Mediators suggest ceasefire for 60 days

The mediators USA, Egypt and Qatar had recently presented a proposal for 60 days limited ceasefire in the Gaza War. According to US President Donald Trump, Israel is already agreing with the “necessary conditions” for the end of the fire break. Hamas announced that the proposal “with great responsibility” proposal.

The exact conditions of the mediator’s new proposal are still unclear. The “New York Times” reported, citing an Israeli defense officer and a Palestinian who is close to Hamas, the proposal for a deal provides for the release of ten of the still living hostages and the handover of the bodies of 18 kidnapped in the exchange of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

At least 20 hostages in the Gaza Strip should still live

According to official Israeli information, 50 people kidnapped from Israel are still captured in the Gaza Strip, of which at least 20 should still be alive. The newspaper reported that the hostages and the corpses are returned to the hostage and the return of the corpses, in five groups over a period of 60 days.

The war was triggered by the attack by Hamas and other Islamist terrorist organizations to Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 deported to Gaza as hostages. Since then, according to the health authority controlled by the Hamas, more than 56,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. The number that is barely verifiable does not differentiate between civilians and fighters.

Reports: Trump meets Saudi Arabic Minister of Defense

According to reports from the US media Fox News and “Axios”, US President Trump received the Saudi Arab Defense Minister Chalid Bin Salman in the White House. The focus of the talks was the efforts to de-escalate the situation in the region according to the US attacks on the Iranian nuclear facilities.

“Iran wants to talk to me and I think it’s time to do it,” said Trump. A spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an interview with the broadcaster Sky News that there are indirect efforts to again initiate the search for a diplomatic solution to the conflict via the country’s nuclear program.

Again international flights to Tehran

Around a week after the ceasefire came into force with Israel, both capital airports in the Iranian capital Tehran take up their work again. According to a decision by the civil aviation authority, flights will be dealt with again during the day between 5 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tehraner Zeit (6.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. CEST), as the state news agency IRNA reported.

However, the airports in northwestern tabris and the central cultural metropolis of Isfahan will remain out of service for the time being. In the past few days, the civil aviation authority had granted initial relaxation and overflow permits. The metropolis and pilgrimage city of Maschhad in the northeast has been flew again for a few days. Iran had blocked its airspace on June 13th at the beginning of the Israeli attacks. In the meantime, a ceasefire has been in the case of almost more than a week.