Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Talks Fail – Neither Side Gives Up Efforts

Israel and Hamas were given 48 hours to respond to the truce plan presented to them by mediators on Sunday. The two sides are under great pressure and neither seems ready to leave the negotiating table first. The plan presented in Cairo by the US, Egypt and Qatar calls for a six-week ceasefire, an exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, an increase in humanitarian aid entering the Palestinian enclave and the return of residents of northern Gaza to their homes. , according to a Hamas source. In the long term, it foresees the release of all hostages, as well as an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners. It also foresees the complete withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip and the lifting of the siege, which has been imposed since 2007, and the assumption of power in the enclave by Hamas. Since Sunday, unofficial announcements, often contradictory, follow one another. For Hasni Abidi of the Research Center […]
Source: News Beast

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