Urgent| Ceasefire in "Gaza" It’s still a long way off…that’s why!
Negotiators are trying to hammer out the final details of a complex, gradual ceasefire in Gaza on Wednesday after marathon talks in Qatar aimed at ending the conflict that has caused widespread death and destruction and turned the Middle East upside down.
It raised The talks, which lasted more than eight hours in Doha, were a state of optimism.
Officials from the Egyptian, Qatari-American mediators, as well as Israel, said Hamas said on Tuesday that reaching an agreement on a truce in the besieged Palestinian Strip and the release of hostages has become closer than ever before. But a senior Hamas official told Reuters: Late Tuesday, the Palestinian movement had not yet submitted its response because it was still waiting for Israel to provide maps showing how its forces would withdraw from Gaza.
During months of intermittent talks to reach a truce in the devastating 15-month war, Both sides previously said they were close to a ceasefire, but faced obstacles at the last minute.
If the interim ceasefire plan succeeds, it may be able to stop the fighting. Which devastated Gaza, claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians, displaced most of the Strip’s population, and continues to kill dozens daily.
This, in turn, would ease tensions in the broader Middle East region, where the war has fueled conflict in the West Bank and Lebanon. Syria, Yemen and Iraq, and raised fears of the outbreak of an all-out war between Israel and Iran.
Israel launched its attack on Gaza after Hamas-led fighters carried out a terrorist attack on October 7. 2023, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against the Zionist entity in occupied Palestine, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage, according to Israeli statistics.
Since then, Israeli forces have killed more than 46,000 Palestinians in Gaza. , according to health officials in the Strip.
The Palestinians once again hope that the latest talks will ease some of the Israeli pressure. And alleviating the humanitarian crisis.
Amal Saleh, 54 years old, said: She is displaced from Gaza because of the war: “We are waiting for a ceasefire and a truce. We ask God to grant us goodness, grant us peace, and allow us to return to our homes,” and “Even if schools are bombed and destroyed, we just want to know that we live in peace.” Finally.
Under the plan, Israel will recover about 100 hostages and bodies from among those captured in the October 7 attacks. 2023 launched by Hamas, which led to the outbreak of war.
In return, it will release Palestinian prisoners from occupation prisons.
Reuters said that the latest draft is complex and sensitive, and according to its terms, the steps The first will include an initial ceasefire for a period of six weeks.
The plan also includes a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the central Gaza Strip and the return of displaced Palestinians to the north. The Gaza Strip.
The agreement also stipulates that Hamas will release 33 Israeli hostages, in addition to other steps.
The draft agreement stipulates that negotiations on the second phase of the agreement will begin on the sixteenth day of the first phase.
The second phase includes the release of all remaining hostages, a permanent ceasefire, and the complete withdrawal of Israeli soldiers, and even if the warring parties agree to the agreement on the table, this agreement still needs further negotiations. before Reach a final ceasefire and release all hostages.
If things go smoothly, the Palestinians, Arab countries and Israel still need to agree on a vision for Gaza after the war, a huge task that involves security guarantees for Israel and an investment of billions. Dollars for reconstruction.
Despite the efforts made to reach a ceasefire, the Israeli army and the Shin Bet internal intelligence service attacked The Air Force attacked about 50 targets across Gaza during the past 24 hours, according to what the Shin Bet internal intelligence service said. And the army in a statement today, Wednesday.
The United Nations said it is preparing to expand humanitarian aid to Gaza in light of a potential ceasefire, but there is still uncertainty about border access and security.
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In a related context, the families of the hostages in Israel found themselves between hope and despair, and Hadas Calderon, whose husband Ofer and her two children, Saher and Erez, were kidnapped, said: “We cannot miss this moment.”
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