2023-12-24 21:51:03
This Sunday, Egypt proposed to the Hamas group a truce of “two or three weeks” in exchange for the release of 40 Israeli hostagesas part of a three-phase plan to achieve a complete cessation of the war in the Gaza Strip.
The information was released by EFEalso pointing out that Palestinian sources assured that a Hamas delegation will travel to Qatar, where its political office is located.
The above, to evaluate this proposal that Egypt will also present to the Islamic Jihad delegation, led by its secretary general, Ziad Najalah, who arrived in Cairo today to address the situation in the Palestinian enclave.
Conflict in Gaza: Egypt’s proposal to Hamas contains 3 points
The initiative that Egypt offered to the head of Hamas’s political wing, Ismail Haniye, consists of three points: the first establishes a truce of two or three weeks in exchange for the release of 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
Meanwhile, the second point proposes a process of talks between Palestinians leading to the formation of a technocratic government in Gaza.
On the other hand, the The third and final point would be to implement a total cessation of the war, achieve a comprehensive agreement on the exchange of prisoners and hostages between both parties, in addition to Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza..
In addition, they detailed that Egypt will present this plan to the secretary general of Islamic Jihad to consolidate the full Palestinian position towards this initiative.
However, this Palestinian movement has previously shown its rejection of any new hostage exchange agreement with Israel until the Israeli military attack on the Palestinian strip stops.
Islamic Jihad and rejection of truces
Islamic Jihad is a radical Palestinian organization considered terrorist by Israel, the United States and the European Union, which operates in Gaza, the West Bank and the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.
Unlike other Palestinian factions, Islamic Jihad refuses to participate in political peace processes and insists that military victory over Israel is the only viable means to achieve its ultimate goal: the establishment of a state in Israel’s territories. West Bank and Gaza.
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