According to reports in the Arab media, Egypt has drawn up a draft to end the war in Gaza in several phases. This was reported by the Saudi television channel Aschark News.
The first phase involves enforcing a ceasefire that will last at least two weeks. During this period, forty hostages held in the Gaza Strip should also be released. In return, Israel must release 120 Palestinian prisoners. On both sides this should be women, children under 18 and older and sick people. The report referred to “informed sources” who did not elaborate.
Palestinian groups must “end division”
The second phase would be about establishing a national Palestinian dialogue under the auspices of Egypt. The aim was to “end divisions” and form a technocratic government, it was said. This passage refers to the rivalry between the two largest Palestinian groups, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah and the Islamist Hamas.
The third phase provides for a complete ceasefire and a comprehensive agreement on the exchange of hostages and prisoners. Ultimately, the plan reportedly calls for a complete withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip. At the same time, all displaced persons must be given the opportunity to return to their homes.
So far there has been no official response from Egypt or Hamas to the report.
Israel wants to investigate Egypt’s plan
According to a report in the Jerusalem Post, Israel’s war cabinet plans to discuss Egypt’s proposal this Monday. Israeli officials previously confirmed that Egypt had made a new proposal for a ceasefire and the release of more Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, the Times of Israel newspaper reported.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that the fighting would continue until there was a complete victory over the Islamist Hamas. This is the only way to eliminate Hamas, return all the hostages and ensure that the Gaza Strip no longer poses a threat to Israel.
Hamas leadership has apparently traveled to Egypt
The leader of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, Ismail Haniya, was previously in Egypt with a delegation for talks. According to the Aschark News report, he returned to Qatar on Saturday. He is one of the most important leadership figures within Hamas. He lives in Qatar.
According to reports, Hamas’s exiled political leadership is already conducting talks behind the backs of the two Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip, Jihia Sinwar and Mohammed Deif, on how the Gaza Strip and the West Bank will be governed after the end of the war. .
With the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the US, Israel and the Islamist Hamas agreed to a multi-day ceasefire in the Gaza war in late November, leading to the release of hostages and the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons .
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