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New round of Gaza ceasefire talks to begin Sunday in Egypt

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New round negotiations to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between intermediary countries -Egypt, USA and Qatar- and Israel will start tomorrowSunday, in Cairo, without the presence of Hamasreported EFE an Egyptian source close to the talks.

“Only parties to the negotiations from Qatar, the United States, Israel and Egypt will participate in this round.”said a senior security source, who asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue, adding that the Palestinian movement would not participate in the round despite The group’s delegation, led by Khalil al-Hayya, is in the Egyptian capital.

He added that in this round, mediators will try reach a solution “in the face of Israel’s intransigent position on the terms of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip”as well as the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and the flow of aid to the Gaza Strip.

Intermediaries will also try “Put pressure on the Israeli side through its participating delegation, which includes the heads of the two agencies Mossad David Barney and Shin Bet Ronen Bar, return to the July agreement announced by US President Joe Biden.”

Hamas and its refusal of the offer

An Egyptian source said that The Palestinian delegation, led by Al-Hayya, held a lengthy meeting with the mediators on Saturday discuss the latest proposal presented in Doha last week, which completely rejects and calls the amendments introduced by Israel “unacceptable.”

Among the main obstacles are the continued presence of Israeli troops in the Philadelphia corridor – on the border between Gaza and Egypt – and Netzarim – a military route that divides the enclave into two halves in the center – as well as a reluctance to sign an agreement on a firm commitment to a permanent ceasefire and the possibility of a renewed war.

Movement, always according to the informant, called for “the need for the international community to put pressure on Israel, not Hamas, because Israel is the aggressor.” It is not the Hamas movement, but the humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip that are seriously deteriorating because of the war.”

According to the source, the group stated that it was necessary that there is a clear agreement on the exchange of hostages for prisoners without “bypasses”“as usual, since they reject certain names.”

Supported Biden’s proposal

He The Palestinian group continues to adhere to the draft it adopted on July 2 at the suggestion of the United States. announced in May by President Joe Biden, which included a cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the enclave in a second phase.

This Friday, Egypt, the US and Israel held talks in Cairo to try to close the issue of the Philadelphia Corridor.

These conversations took place in “positive” and “constructive” environmentThis was reported by sources from three countries.

Given the new impasse in negotiations in July, Two weeks ago, the US presented a new proposal to “build bridges”which attempted to combine the claims of both sides, but which Hamas categorically rejected and called a “coup d’etat” because, it claimed, it served only Israeli interests.

Dialogue also stalled after July 31, when Hamas’ top political leader and chief negotiator Ismail Haniyeh were killed in Tehran in an attack attributed to Israel.

EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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