Conditional ‘sure’ from Hamas to ceasefire

An Egyptian safety delegation met with a delegation of Hamas leaders in Cairo as a part of efforts to restart ceasefire negotiations in Gaza, Egyptian state-run Al Qahera Information TV reported on Thursday.

Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV then reported {that a} delegation of the Palestinian motion led by way of Khalil al-Hayya (Sinwar’s conceivable successor) is in Cairo for talks with Muhambarat (Egyptian intelligence company) leader Hassan Mahmoud Rashad. .

As a part of the negotiations, Hamas has stated it is able to conform to an finish to hostilities within the Gaza Strip if Israel commits to the phrases of any deal, a senior Hamas authentic advised AFP.

Israel is reportedly in direct touch with senior Egyptian diplomatic and intelligence officers following the assassination of Palestinian Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to restore peace talks and protected the discharge of Israeli captives held by way of Hamas ⬇https://t.co/QpTsDImSfY

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The stipulations

The authentic confident that Hamas has made it transparent that it is able to settle for a ceasefire settlement only if Israel commits to:

• ceasefire
• withdrawal of his forces from the Gaza Strip
• go back of the displaced
• trade of hostages for Palestinian prisoners
• access of humanitarian support into the Palestinian enclave

The negotiations

Previous, Israeli High Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated he welcomed Egypt’s willingness to push forward with the resumption of negotiations aimed toward attaining an settlement at the unlock of Hamas hostages within the Gaza Strip.

He additionally made up our minds to ship the top of the Mossad to Qatar to advance the method.

Egypt and Qatar have acted as mediators between Israel and Hamas in months-long talks that broke down in August with out attaining an settlement to finish the preventing that started when the Palestinian militant workforce introduced assaults in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.