The discussions seem to have finally borne fruit. Hamas said on Monday it had approved a ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip presented by Egypt and Qatar.
“Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s political bureau, spoke by telephone with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdelrahman Al Thani and Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas Kamel and told them that Hamas had approved their proposal for a ‘ceasefire agreement,’ according to the released statement. on the website of the Palestinian movement. The contents of the proposal were not immediately disclosed.
It has been several weeks since the Palestinian Islamist movement and Tel Aviv discussed a new agreement following the first truce that allowed the release of 110 hostages in November. Negotiations have accelerated in recent days under the auspices of key mediators, notably Egypt, Qatar and the United States.
“We continue to believe that a hostage release agreement is the best way to preserve the lives of the hostages and avoid an invasion of Rafah, where more than a million people have taken refuge,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday as Israel prepares. a major offensive in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Source: Le Parisien
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