US President Joe Biden spoke this Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about “Negotiations are underway” for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostagesThe White House announced this.

During the telephone conversation, the leaders also discussed “increased” humanitarian aid supplies to the Palestinian enclave and the opening of a “new passage” north of the Gaza Strip this week, according to a statement released by Washington.

Biden “emphasized the need to continue progress” on the flow of aid and that “improve coordination with humanitarian organizations.”

The leaders’ conversation takes place on the eve of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Saudi Arabia. try to disrupt ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip.

The latest proposal for a pause in hostilities, put forward during several rounds of negotiations in Qatar and Egypt, includes a six-week cessation of hostilities and the release of some hostages. Hamas in exchange for transferring hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to Israeli prisons.

This Monday, a Hamas delegation led by Politburo member Khalil al-Hajja was expected to arrive arrived in Cairo, mediator in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian faction to convey his response to negotiators, said a source on the Egyptian side, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter.

However, Hamas denied this Monday that its leaders are planning to leave the Gaza Strip and move to Egypt as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel and called information published in recent hours about this possibility “fictitious news.”

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This was stated by a representative of the Islamist group Jihad Taha. “There is no truth in this information”which are “false” and “designed to create confusion,” the Palestinian newspaper reported Filastinassociated with Hamas.

More than 34 thousand people died in the Gaza Strip. since the conflict escalated on October 7, according to Gaza authorities.

(according to information from EFE And Aristegui News)