Hamas and Israel expressed cautious positivity about the prospects of ending the two -year war in Gaza, because the best mediators arrived in Egypt on the third day of negotiations on the peace plan of US President Donald Trump.
“The spirit of optimism prevails among all parties,” said Taker Al-Nouná, a member of the Hamas delegation, who has been present at Red Sea Resort Sharm El-Sheikh since Monday. Details of the replacement of hostages for prisoners and withdrawal of Israeli troops are discussed, he said.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said late Wednesday that there is “one or two elements” left that can be clarified before it can be announced, adding that an increase in humanitarian aid was discussed together with the conditions of the hostage and the armed presence of Israel.
“We see that the parties have shown a serious intention,” he said in Ankara after talking to the Turkish Chief of Intelligence Ibrahim Kalin, who participates in interviews in Egypt.
Washington, encouraged by apparent progress to implement a 20-point proposal presented by Trump at the beginning of last week, sent a special envoy to Steve Witkoff and Trump advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner to the summit, according to people who asked for this matter to discuss private negotiations.
Israel signaled confidence by sending his higher negotiator, Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer to participate on Wednesday. Dermer is one of the most trusted advisors to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The state -owned company Kan News reported that a significant momentum was built during the day and probably the agreement is approaching.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi said he had received “encouraging” reports on negotiations and called on Trump to travel to the North African country with the signature of the agreement if the agreement was reached.
Hamas offered the liberation of the last hostage that has been held since the raid on South Israel 7 October 2023, which triggered war in Gaza, a conflict that destroyed Palestinian territory and destabilized a large part of the Middle East. A group supported by Iran-marked by the US and the European Union-Czech terrorist organization-has agreed to agree with other provisions, such as the remaining fighters to disarm.
The interviews “focused on the mechanisms for the end of the war” and “withdrawal of the occupation forces”, said Al-Nouná. This can predict the dispute over the implementation sequence: Trump’s plan requires the war to be announced, but only for partial movements of the Israeli army in the first phase of implementation.
Al-Noná said that Hamas handed over a list of candidates for 1,950 Palestinian prisoners or detainees, which Trump’s plan requires Israel to free up in exchange for 48 hostages, of which 20 are considered alive. On Tuesday, Hamas, a spokesman for Hamas, said he would seek “fair hostage to exchange”, which indicates that the group is likely to promote the release of high -ranking officers.
Gila Gamliel, a member of the Netanyahua safety cabinet, said the conversations were “cautious optimism”. But some Palestinian prisoners are off the table in terms of completing the release list, which requires the approval of the Israeli government, she said.
“We are approaching a process in which we will have to pass on our registers who murdered the Jews,” Gamliel Galey Israel Radio said, adding that “arch-terrorists” would be kept behind bars.
Since Trump published his plan, Israel has said that his forces that have taken over most of the Gaza have taken a defensive position. Hamas says air strikes and shelling continues. In recent weeks, Israel has launched a military campaign in Gaza, de facto the capital of the enclaves, and said there are the last bastions of Hamas.
The pressure to complete the ceasefire agreement came not only from Washington, but from Arab and Muslim countries. Persian Gulf nations intend to push in advance in a way that ensures regional stability, allowing them to respond to the pressure of citizens to stop killing and destruction in Gaza and focusing on economic development plans.
The war sometimes spread elsewhere in the Middle East. Since the beginning of the war, Israel has fought with other Iranian militias, especially Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Islamic Republic itself.
Qatar, who, like Egypt, served as an intermediary between Israel and Hamas, was to send his Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to Sharm El-Sheikh on Wednesday.
“I think there is a possibility that we could have peace in the Middle East, something even in the situation of Gaza,” Trump said on Tuesday. “There is a real chance that we could do something.”
For Trump, a ceasefire in the coming days and liberating hostages could strengthen his campaign to win the Nobel Peace Prize, while another winner was announced on October 10. Bloomberg announced that the presidential public and closed doors have been pushing the award in recent days.
Hamas said that on Tuesday the agreement should include unconditional entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza, assurance that refugees can return and immediate permission to start reconstruction in the Palestinian Committee. Un-it was declared famine in parts of the territory.
Negotiations on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas earlier and repeatedly fell disagreements around the withdrawal of Israeli troops and disarmament of Hamas.
Egyptian interviews came two years after thousands of militants Hamas attacked Israel, killed 1200 people and kidnapped another 250. Israel has lost more than 450 soldiers in a Gaza fight.
With the help of Beril Acman and Alisa Odenheimer.
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