2024-05-04 08:15:00
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There are still points to be discussed and clarifications to be made, but overall they are traveling to Cairo with a “positive attitude” regarding the indirect negotiations to reach an agreement, Hamas Circles said on Friday evening. Report from Wall Street Journal according to was Israel the terrorist organization an ultimatum was given.
Hamas confirmed that its delegation will arrive in Cairo on Saturday. According to media reports, indirect negotiations on the release of hostages and a ceasefire will continue at the weekend.
Official crimes high expectations
However, a senior Israeli official tempered the sentiment Times of Israel Expectations that a deal is imminent. “Even if the mediators show hope, Israel has not yet heard that Hamas is ready to move away from its maximum positions,” the official was quoted as saying early Saturday.
Israel gave the terrorist organization Hamas one week to agree to a ceasefire agreement. Otherwise military attacks on the city will be announced Rafah pass, report that Wall Street Journal late Friday afternoon, citing Egyptian officials.
Egypt handed over the proposal drawn up with Israel to Hamas last weekend. Israel announced that the offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza would begin quickly if an agreement was not reached.
The subject of the indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, in which Egypt, Qatar and the US are intervening, is a proposal that envisages the release of hostages held by Hamas and an end to Israel’s hostilities in various stages, for example. Axios writes.
“The first signs” of a change of heart
Recently, observers assumed that Hamas would also reject this multi-stage intervention proposal. Axios But according to him, things could have turned out differently. Senior Israeli officials said they had seen “early signs” that the Islamists might agree to the first phase of the deal – the release of women, children, the elderly and the wounded among the hostages during a temporary ceasefire – without insisting, as it was said. the case so far, that Israel is committed from the beginning to ending the war.
From the beginning, the Israeli leadership insisted on a multi-stage agreement to reserve the option of continuing the war if further agreements were not reached after the initial release of hostages and a limited ceasefire. At the same time, the Islamists would have a precise price to introduce. “Hamas (…) could reduce the agreed number of hostages it releases on humanitarian grounds and, in return, increase the number of Palestinian prisoners (in Israeli prisons) released,” according to Axios.
WHO warns of “bloodbath” in Rafah
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the possible consequences of the Israeli army in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip from possible ground attacks. The organization is very concerned that a large-scale military operation could lead to bloodshed,” the WHO said Friday afternoon on X, formerly known as Twitter. A major attack would also further weaken the already broken health system in the coastal area.
This is what boss WHO wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on
There are currently more than 1.2 million people in the area and many of them have nowhere else to go, he said. A new wave of displacement would further limit access to food, water, health and sanitation services, leading to increased disease outbreaks, worsening hunger and more deaths.
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