At almost seven months of war between Israel and Hamaswhich began with the attacks of 7 October last by the Palestinian Islamic organisation, thefinal agreement for a ceasefire would be reached. This was reported today, Saturday 4 May 2024, by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
The rumors had already spread in the early afternoon today, when the Egyptian broadcaster Al-Qahera Newsciting an anonymous source, had spoken of “significant progress in the negotiations” between Hamas and Israel underway in Cairo for days nowbetween small steps forward and difficult moments of stalemate.
Israeli sources had reported that the Israeli delegation would travel to Cairo only in the event of “a response from Hamas that has a horizon for negotiations”. And it seems so, as reported by Israeli sources quoted by the Corriere della Serathat in the end the delegation left for the great capital of Egypt after confirmation from the Egyptian mediators that “an agreed formula on most of the controversial points” had been reached.
The first details of the agreement
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After over 35 thousand victims in seven months of conflict, almost all of it in the Gaza Strip, the turning point could be around the corner. Hamas, according to reports from senior Israeli officials, has agreed to complete the first phase of the agreement, the Humanitarian release of Israeli hostages still in the hands of Palestinian militiamen, without an official commitment from Israel to end the war.
Second HaaretzFurthermore, Hamas would have received assurance from US officials that Israel will leave the Gaza Stripbut the details on this point are not yet clear or officially confirmed by Israeli or Palestinian sources.
