Israel said that the proposal accepted by Hamas “is far” from its requirements but that it will still send a delegation to negotiate.

Israel’s war cabinet has agreed “unanimously” to go ahead with the potential offensive on Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, although it will send a delegation of mediators to “exhaust” all options in order to close an agreement that complies with your requirements.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated, however, in a message on the social network Israeli side.

In this sense, he has reported that he will maintain his decision to carry out an offensive against Rafah “to exert military pressure on Hamas” in order to “progress in the release of the hostages” kidnapped by the militias on October 7, as well as how to achieve their “objectives in war.”

The announcement of Hamas’s acceptance of the proposal comes a few hours after Israel began the evacuation of the Palestinian population of Rafah with a view to the beginning of a military offensive against what they consider Hamas’s last stronghold in the Gaza Strip. .

“Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s political bureau, spoke by telephone with Qatari Prime Minister Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abas Kamel and informed them that Hamas approved their proposed high-level agreement. the fire” in Gaza, according to a statement published on the terrorist group’s website.

The truce proposal in the Gaza Strip accepted by Hamas includes three phases, with the objective of a permanent ceasefire, a senior official of the terrorist group declared to the Al Jazeera network on Monday.

The plan contemplates three sentences, each lasting 42 days, and includes a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the return of the displaced and an exchange of hostages still held captive in the enclave for Palestinian prisoners detained in Israel, with the goal of a “permanent ceasefire,” Khalil al-Hayya declared to the Qatari network.

For his part, a senior Hamas official told AFP that “the ball is in Israel’s court,” in reference to whether Netanyahu’s government accepted the ceasefire proposal.

Shortly after the terrorist group’s announcement, an Israeli official claimed that the truce Hamas said it had agreed to was a “watered down” version of an Egyptian proposal that included “far-reaching” conclusions that Israel cannot accept.

“This appears to be a ruse aimed at making Israel look like the side refusing a deal,” the Israeli official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Source: Infobae

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