Mediators are expected to hold new talks on the Gaza ceasefire, hoping to avoid a wider war.
Mediators are expected to hold new talks on the Gaza ceasefire, hoping to avoid a wider war.
International mediators are due to hold a new round of negotiations on Thursday aimed at ending the war between Israel and Hamas and securing the release of dozens of hostages, with a possible deal seen as the best hope to avoid an even wider regional conflict. The US, Qatar and Egypt are due to meet with an Israeli delegation in Qatar, as the Palestinian death toll in the 10-month war nears 40,000, has not said whether it will attend, accusing Israel of increased requests for new proposals that had support. from the United States and the international community. A ceasefire in Gaza is likely to ease tensions in the region and could persuade Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah to refrain from retaliatory attacks against Israel after a Hezbollah commander was killed in an attack of the Israeli air force and the main political leader of Hamas during an explosion in Iran. capital.
Mediators have spent months trying to devise a three-phase plan in which Hamas would release the dozens of hostages captured in October. Both sides agreed to the plan announced on May 31 by President Joe Biden. But Hamas has proposed "amendments" and "clarifications" to Israel, leading each side to accuse the other of making new demands that it cannot accept.
Hamas has rejected Israel's latest demands, which include a permanent military presence along the border with Egypt and a line bisecting Gaza where Palestinians would return home to drive out militants. Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan told The Associated Press that the group was only interested in implementing Biden's vision and not in further negotiations over its content. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies any new demands from Israel, but has also repeatedly raised questions about the sustainability of the ceasefire, saying Israel remains committed to achieving "total victory" against Hamas and the liberation of all the hostages. The two parties are also divided over the details of the hostage-prisoner exchange, including which Palestinian prisoners could be freed and whether they could be deported. Hamas is demanding the release of high-ranking militants convicted of orchestrating attacks that killed Israelis.
The war began when militants led by Hamas stormed the heavily guarded border on October 7, in an attack that shocked Israel's security and intelligence services. Fighters looted farming communities and military bases, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians.
They kidnapped another 250 people. More than 100 of them were released during a week-long ceasefire in November, and about 110 are believed to remain in Gaza, although Israeli authorities estimate that about a third of them died on 7 October or in captivity. Seven of them were rescued during military operations.
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