Israel and Hamas are negotiating a new ceasefire. Hamas leader is due to visit Egypt today Egypt today to discuss a ceasefire in Gaza after Israel said it was ready to agree to a new pause, that it is ready to agree to a new pause. This was reported by UNN with reference to France24.
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After more than months into the war, both sides seem to be sending more and more signals in in favor of a second truce. The leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Ismail Haniyeh, along with a Hamas delegation, is traveling to Egypt to meet with the head of Egyptian Abbas Kamel, head of the Egyptian intelligence service. According to AFP, the talks are to be focused on "ending the aggression and war, preparing an agreement on the the release of (Palestinian) prisoners and ending the siege of the Gaza Strip".
The President of Israel Yitzhak Herzog promised to resume the cessation of hostilities the day before.
Israel is ready to introduce another humanitarian moratorium and provide additional humanitarian aid to free hostages
Israel has offered at least a one-week ceasefire through a Qatari mediator in exchange for the release of about 40 hostages, which includes the remaining women, men over 60 and other hostages still being held in Gaza.
It is possible that after the ceasefire, Israel will withdraw its forces to positions, especially in the the north of the Gaza Strip. Israel wants to have the freedom to gradually de-escalate the of the conflict, if circumstances allow.
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The previous week's The previous week's ceasefire led to the release of 105 Hamas hostages and 240 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Recently, Mossad chief David Barnea was in Warsaw to discuss in Warsaw to discuss with CIA Director William Burns and Qatari Prime Minister Abdulrahman Abdulrahman al-Thani, the possibility of new negotiations with Hamas. According to the media, the armed group Hamas has previously stated that it does not want to start negotiations, until the fighting in Israel is stopped.
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Israel is ready for another humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip to free the hostages. According to According to President Yitzhak Herzog, Israel also agrees to allow additional humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.