In Doha, Qatar, a team from the Palestinian militant organization Hamas visited the Qatari prime minister and foreign minister. Khalil al-Hayya, a prominent figure, headed the Palestinian group.
The two parties talked about the most recent developments in a truce and detainees swap agreement in Gaza. According to an announcement from the Qatari Ministry, they also discussed how to move the negotiations along in order to guarantee a thorough and unambiguous accord. The goal of the negotiations was to terminate the regional protracted conflict.
The acting Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement of Palestine gave a thorough account of the most recent progress in the truce negotiations and the agreement to swap hostages in a special conversation with a local publication.
Al-Hindim asserts that conversations aimed at halting the attack against the Gaza Strip population must include the Islamic Jihad movement. Although Hamas has the right to engage in negotiations, the movement is still being consulted. He said that in order to arrange a truce and exchange agreement, long talks with Hamas officials were undertaken in Egypt.
According to Al-Hindi, the Islamic Jihad Movement was committed to using important intermediaries to finalize the hostages swap arrangement. The last condition is Israel’s total disengagement from Gaza. Several sessions with the negotiation group and a crucial discussion with the director of Egyptian General Security were part of the Cairo summit. They talked on the progress of the exchange agreement and the creation of the Gaza Support Council.
Qatar and Egypt Role
Al-Hindi also confirmed how crucial Egypt and Qatar’s involvement in the negotiations was to concluding the pact. Al-Hindi continued, “Every step is being made to get around any hurdles.” After an entire week of negotiations, Israel’s representatives arrived from Doha on Tuesday for internal discussions.
Israeli prime minister said in a statement that “the negotiating team will return this evening from Qatar to Israel following a week of significant negotiations. The team has returned for internal consultations in Israel.”
According to Hamas, it “has demonstrated accountability and tolerance” and that the talks are moving forward genuinely in Doha. William Burns, the head of the CIA, additionally participated part in negotiations in Doha to resolve outstanding issues between Israel and Hamas.
A ceasefire agreement has encountered several obstacles on its path to completion. The most significant of them has been Israel’s ongoing changes to its terms on its territorial departure. The terms of the Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap also proved to be problematic.
According to Israel, the remains of 34 people are among the minimum of 96 hostages in the Gaza Strip. In periods of fruitless negotiations, Qatar has played a pivotal role as an arbitrator along with Egypt and the United States.
Qatar said a few months ago that it would stop mediating the dispute. When Israel and Hamas both demonstrated their desire and sincerity, it would restart. The sole significant medical facility in Gaza is now closed after an Israeli army operation vacated the Kamal Adwan hospital. Israel has being urged by international organizations to set free the director of the Hospital. Israel burned parts of the Hospital during the assault on the medical center in Beit Lahia.
