Israel and Hamas agree on “basic points” for a 40-day truce, Palestinian sources say

The Palestinian Islamic group Hamas It is Israel agreed on the “basic points” to reach a 40-day truce, which includes the exchange of 40 Israeli hostages for 404 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, Palestinian and Egyptian sources close to the negotiations told EFE this Tuesday. Cairo.

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So far, both parties have reached an agreement in which the truce would last 40 daysperiod in which 40 Israeli hostages, including women, children and men over the age of 60, would be released in exchange for the release of 404 Palestinian prisoners in prisons in Israelaccording to Palestinian sources and Egyptian securitywho requested anonymity as negotiations are still ongoing in the Egyptian capital.

Under this framework agreement, the withdrawal of Israel of city centers across the Gaza Strip in a first phase and allow displaced people in the Palestinian city of Rafain the extreme south of the enclave and on the border Egyptreturn to the northern and central regions of the Palestinian enclave.

In the same way – the sources indicate – within these basic points there would also be entry into the Range of at least 500 humanitarian aid trucks every day.

Always in accordance with the sources, given that Hamas It is Israel have not officially commented on this information so far, Israel does not want to make any promises not to invade Rafaand added that it is hoped that an agreement will be reached that will enter into force for Next Friday, March 8thjust before the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

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discordant points

Despite the agreement on these basic points, there would be other discordant that prevent the announcement of a truce pact.

The sources assured that different points usually appear each day of the negotiations and, for example, one of the informants indicated that yesterday Hamas asked for the return of “families“And not from”people”towards the northern part of the territory.

Likewise, the sources did not detail whether among the hostages who would be “released”The captives who died and whose bodies are still under the control of the Palestinian factions, or if they are alive, are counted.

They recalled that one of the points of conflict continues to be the names on the lists, as Hamas cannot provide all the names of the captives, as other factions also keep them detained in Link.

One of them is the faction Palestinian Islamic Jihad (JEEP) that Egypt – a mediator country with Qatar It is U.S– invited people to come to the Egyptian capital for these negotiations that have been taking place in the Arab country for two days, but so far the aforementioned group has not sent any delegation.

Israel also did not send any delegation to Cairo since, according to the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin NetanyahuI would only send a team to negotiate in the Egyptian capital if Hamas released the list of hostages still alive since their kidnapping on October 7, when more than 250 people were taken captive.

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Source: Elcomercio

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