The most recent ceasefire plan in Gaza has been “submitted its positive response” to mediators, according to Hamas.
In an effort to reach an agreement to stop the violence in Gaza, US President Donald Trump proposed a 60-day truce. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit the White House next week to broker a compromise.
In addition to urging Hamas to embrace the agreement, Mr. Trump claimed that Israel had accepted the parameters of his proposed truce.
The phrasing of Hamas’ “positive” answer to the plan was somewhat different on three points: the situation of the Israeli Defense Forces within Gaza, humanitarian supplies, and assurances beyond the 60-day truce.
However, he said that negotiations were required to determine the number of Palestinian inmates who would be released in exchange for each Israeli captive that was freed and the quantity of humanitarian supplies that would be let to enter Gaza while the truce was in effect.
On the first day of the truce, he added, talks will begin on a permanent ceasefire and the complete departure of Israeli soldiers from Gaza in exchange for the release of the remaining captives.
Previous rounds of discussions failed because Mr. Netanyahu insisted that Israel would continue to battle in Gaza to secure the elimination of Hamas, despite Hamas’s demands for guarantees that the 60-day truce would result in a complete end to the almost 21-month-old war.
According to the Hamas source, Mr. Trump has promised that the truce will last longer than 60 days if a peace agreement is reached, but the US has not confirmed this promise.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Mr. Trump said that a ceasefire agreement may be reached by the next week and praised Hamas’s “positive spirit” toward the plan.
