The rumors, many anonymous, circulated throughout Saturday. But what seems clear so far is that between Hamas And Israel an agreement has not yet been reached for the cease-fire. Second Haaretz the agreement had already been signed thanks to the guarantees offered by the United Statesfor Egyptian sources there are constants progressbut according to the statements of the protagonists there remains distance between the armed Palestinian party that governs the Strip and the government of Tel Aviv.
The words of the protagonists demonstrate this. On one side is the member of the Israeli war cabinet, Benny Gantzaccording to which Hamas has not yet provided any response regarding the offer made by Israel and the mediators, then inviting observers to “wait official updates, that they remain calm and do not fall into hysteria”, in reference to the numerous news circulated and then denied. This also confirms that a meeting point between the parties has not yet been reached Taher Nunuan advisor to the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh: “Any agreement to be reached must include our national demands, the comprehensive and permanent end of the aggressionthe full and total withdrawal of occupation from Gaza“, he said, announcing that talks between the Islamic faction and the mediators had begun in Cairo Egyptians he was born in Qatar which are addressed “with seriousness and responsibility”. The other key demands, he continued, are the return of displaced to their homes “without restriction” and a “real prisoner exchange”. Conditions that do not match the line repeated several times by Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuaccording to which “we will enter Rafahwith or without an agreement.”
“Contrary to what has been reported, Israel will under no circumstances accept the end of the war as part of an agreement for the release of our hostages,” a Tel Aviv source told the Times of Israel – As decided by the political leaders, the IDF will enter Rafah and destroy the remaining Hamas battalions there with or without a temporary truce to allow the release of our hostages.”
Egyptian media, earlier in the day, had instead spoken of “progress” in the talks. “There are significant progress” in the negotiations on the proposal of cease-fire And release of the hostages in the hands of Hamas in Gaza, with the guarantee of the United States of a complete withdrawal of the forces of the ‘Jewish State’ from the Strip”, some Egyptian and Israeli media reported on Saturday morning according to which the mediators have “reached an agreed formula on the most of the controversial points.” A reconstruction which was promptly denied by the official heard by Times of Israel.
According to the Israeli Channel 12however, an agreement is being negotiated three phases. There Before provides for the release of hostages in exchange for US guarantees on a suit Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 124 days: assurances that reached the representatives of the armed party through Egyptian and Qatari mediators. The agreement is expected to include a promise, supported by the United States, that Israel it wouldn’t start the expected operation in Rafah. Specifically, during the first phase – lasting up to forty days – 33 hostages still in Gaza they would have been released and the Israeli army would have had to withdraw from part of the Strip. In the second phase, which would extend up to 42 days, all other hostages still alive would be released and the parties would agree on the conditions of a return to calm in Gaza. The third and final phase, dedicated to the delivery of lifeless bodies, would also last 42 days. The agreement also includes the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
