An Israeli delegation led by the head of the Mossad spy agency, David Barnea, has been in Paris since Saturday, 24, for talks on the release of hostages in the hands of Hamas and the ceasefire in Gaza
Peace mediators in Paris are working to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, hoping to prevent an Israeli offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than a million displaced people are sheltering.
The Tel Aviv Government has not publicly commented on the negotiations. Israeli forces have launched more than 70 attacks since in several locations in Gaza, including Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah.
The Ministry of Health in Hamas-run Gaza recently reported that at least 92 people were killed in the attacks. Israel says it will attack the city if no truce agreement is reached soon.
The United States urged its ally in the region not to do so, warning that such an attack would cause huge civilian casualties. Meanwhile, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met with Egyptian mediators in Cairo to discuss a truce last week, in his first visit since December.
A Hamas official, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue, said the radical group did not present any new proposals in talks with the Egyptians and was waiting to see what the mediators bring from their talks with the Egyptians.
Meanwhile, on Thursday the 22nd, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented to his Security Cabinet an official post-war plan for Gaza, in which Israel would have full security control over the enclave without Hamas leadership. and without any Palestinian Authority governance based in the West Bank.
Media reports indicate that Palestinian representatives who saw the plan rejected it. Parts of the plan also go against what Washington envisioned for the region, which is a “two-state” solution involving an independent Palestinian state.