Negotiators meet in Qatar on Tuesday (14) hoping to finalize the details of a plan to end the war in Gaza, after US President Joe Biden indicated that a ceasefire and hostage release agreement was in order. imminent.
Mediators gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of the resolution on Monday, an official familiar with the matter said after a midnight “breakthrough” in talks in Doha, attended by envoys from Biden and the president. elected Donald Trump.
A Palestinian source close to the negotiations told Reuters he expected the deal to be finalized on Tuesday if “everything goes well”.
Trump’s new Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Biden’s envoy, Brett McGurk, attended the talks hosted by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
Israel is represented by David Barnea, director of the Mossad spy service, and Ronen Bar, director of the Shin Bet internal security agency.
“The deal… would free the hostages, stop the fighting, provide security for Israel and allow us to significantly increase humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians who have suffered terribly in this war that Hamas started,” Biden declared on Monday (13).
If successful, the phased ceasefire, which will last a year in “start and stop” negotiations, could end the fighting that has left Gaza in ruins, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, left most of the population of Gaza without shelter and they still kill dozens of people a day.
That, in turn, could ease tensions across the Middle East, where the war has fueled conflicts in the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq and raised fears of an all-out war between Israel and Iran.
Jerusalem would recover hostages among about 100 who still remain in captivity from the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks that precipitated the war, in exchange for the release of Palestinian detainees.
The official briefed on the negotiations said that the text for a ceasefire and release of hostages was presented by Qatar to both sides in Doha.
American mediation
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the ball was in Hamas’ court. He is expected to present a post-war plan for Gaza this Tuesday (14), Axios reported.
“Negotiations on some core issues have progressed and we are working to conclude what remains soon,” a Hamas official announced.
An Israeli official reported that the first stage of the agreement would include the release of 33 hostages, including children, women, some soldiers, men over 50, wounded and sick.
Israel would gradually and partially withdraw some of its forces.
The Palestinian source said the Israeli government would release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners during the first phase, which would last 60 days.
This content was originally published in Gaza ceasefire negotiations resume in Qatar on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil

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