US says there is already an agreement with Israel on the “basic lines” of a truce in Gaza

U.S, Israel, Egypt It is Qatar They have already reached an agreement onthe basic lines”to facilitate a ceasefire in the Gaza strip and the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, the White House reported this Sunday.

The White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivansaid this Sunday in an interview with CNN that the final agreement is still in the negotiation process and indicated that Qatar It is Egyptmain mediators in the war of Linkthey plan to keep “indirect discussions” with the Palestinian group Hamas.

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“The work is in progress. And we hope that in the coming days we can reach a point where there is a firm and definitive agreement on this issue, but we will have to wait and see– Sullivan said.

According to Egyptian state television Al Qahera News, very close to Egyptian intelligence, delegations from Egypt, Qatar, U.S, Israel and Hamas resumed this Sunday Doha your negotiations.

Also on Saturday, Israel’s war cabinet gave the green light to send a delegation to Qatar to negotiate indirectly with Hamas.

These talks in Doha come after the round of consultations held on Friday and Saturday in Paris between Israel, the USA, Egypt and Qatar to define the terms of a new agreement.

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According to Israeli media, the new project includes a six-week truce and the release of around 40 hostages in exchange for the release of between 200 and 300 Palestinian prisoners.

Since the start of the war, Israel and Hamas only reached a week-long truce agreement at the end of November, which allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners.

More than 29,600 Gazans have been killed and more than 69,700 injured in more than four months of war in the Strip, which began in October 7th 2023, following a brutal attack by the armed wing of Hamas on Israeli soil, which left around 1,200 dead and 250 kidnapped.

Source: Elcomercio

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