Egypt contacted Hamas to reach an agreement to exchange prisoners with the Zionist regime

A high-ranking Egyptian source said that the consultations and contacts of the country’s authorities with the Hamas movement are within the framework of Cairo’s efforts to reach a cease-fire agreement in Gaza and a prisoner exchange deal between this movement and the Zionist regime. in progress.

The Palestinian news agency “Maa” quoted him without mentioning the name of the source and added: Intensive meetings between Egypt and all parties were held this week in order to complete the efforts to reach a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Egypt will host the Israeli and American delegations to discuss the highlights of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier, a senior source in the Hamas movement said that the movement has accepted the American proposal to start talks on the release of Zionist prisoners, including soldiers and civilian men, within 16 days after the first phase of the agreement.

The source, who asked not to be named because of the confidentiality of the talks, told Reuters that the Hamas movement agreed to waive the demand that the Israeli regime first commit to a permanent ceasefire before signing the agreement and would allow He said that this should be achieved through negotiations in the first stage, which will last for 6 weeks.

A Palestinian official close to international mediators said that if the Israeli regime agrees, this proposal may lead to an agreement and end the 9-month war between the Israeli regime and Hamas in Gaza.

The Hamas source clarified that this proposal guarantees that the mediators will ensure the agreement of a temporary ceasefire, the sending of aid and the withdrawal of the Zionist regime forces while the indirect negotiations continue for the implementation of the second phase of the agreement.

The Lebanese newspaper “Al-Akhbar” previously published new details about the new round of negotiations in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, to establish a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and reported that the “guarantees” knot remained in its provisions.

Al-Akhbar newspaper in its report about the latest developments related to the negotiations to establish a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, citing the contents of the Zionist regime media and the American media, wrote: David Barnia, the head of the Zionist regime’s intelligence agency known as (Mossad), who on Friday morning Doha was gone, he returned to Tel Aviv on Friday night after several hours of meetings with Qatari officials, including Qatari Prime Minister Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. During the last 9 months, Qatar and Egypt have played the role of mediators for the Hamas movement and the Zionist regime to reach a ceasefire agreement.

According to Al-Akhbar, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sent Barnia to Doha on Friday to respond to the concerns of the Hamas movement regarding the ceasefire proposal and to change two clauses of the previous ceasefire proposal. The head of Mossad informed the mediators that the Israeli regime does not accept the condition of the Hamas movement to receive a written guarantee from the United States, Egypt and Qatar that the negotiations will continue after the end of the first phase of the agreement.

Based on this report, Channel 13 of the Zionist regime announced that the negotiations in Doha lasted for several hours and Tel Aviv predicts that these negotiations will continue for several weeks.

According to Al-Akhbar, Tel Aviv has rejected the condition of the Hamas movement regarding the right to choose the names of Palestinian prisoners held by the Israeli regime for the exchange of prisoners with this regime and demands a guarantee for the resumption of the war against the Gaza Strip if the commitments of the Hamas movement are not fulfilled. On the other hand, the Israeli army considers these negotiations as an opportunity to reach an agreement and believes that the battle with the Hamas movement will take several years.

According to Al-Akhbar, the Zionist website “Walla” in connection with the request of the Hamas movement to receive written guarantees regarding the provisions of the proposed ceasefire, wrote: Israeli officials say that if Hamas obtains written guarantees from the United States, Egypt and Qatar, it will be able to was to extend the negotiations for the second phase of the agreement for an indefinite period and even after the end of the (probable) 42-day ceasefire. Israeli officials believe that with such a condition from Hamas, it will be very difficult for Israel to resume the war if Hamas’ commitments are not fulfilled, and even if all the captives are not released, Israel will not be able to do anything.