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In the latest developments in the truce talk and the hostage and prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, Israeli media said, Thursday, January 25, that Qatar informed Israel that Hamas had decided to suspend negotiations on the currently ongoing prisoner and hostage exchange deal.
The official Hebrew Broadcasting Corporation reported the news from a source familiar with the details of the negotiations, without naming him, explaining that “Hamas conveyed to the Qatari mediators that it demands that Israel withdraw all its forces from the Gaza Strip since the first phase of the deal (prisoner exchange) and stop the war.”
On Wednesday, January 24, the Israeli authority had quoted an Israeli official as saying that there was no progress in the indirect talks with Hamas to conclude a prisoner exchange deal and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli official said, “At the present time.” There is no breakthrough in the negotiations with Hamas,” adding that “the movement is not only inflexible, but is also escalating its demands.”
The past few days have witnessed an increase in media talk about a truce and an expected exchange of prisoners and hostages between Hamas and Israel, at a time when the war between the two sides entered its 111th day.
Talk about a truce has intensified since an ambush by Hamas fighters left about 25 Israeli soldiers and officers dead and wounded in the central Gaza Strip. Within this talk, Reuters news agency quoted in a report, citing three sources, saying that Israel and the Hamas movement had agreed. In principle, there is a large degree of possibility of exchanging Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners during a month-long truce. The sources told Reuters that the framework plan was delayed due to differences between the two sides regarding how to reach a permanent end to the war in Gaza.
At the Israeli internal level, the Israeli media did not stop, during the past days, publishing what it described as broad outlines of the possible deal to exchange prisoners and hostages with the Hamas movement, which was formulated by political parties, in cooperation with the Israeli security services, the head of the Mossad, David Barnea, and the head of the General Security Service. (Shin Bet) Ronen Bar.
Observers point out that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in light of the increasing pressure he faces on the Israeli street, especially from the families of hostages held by Hamas, and in light of the existing disputes within the Israeli war cabinet, began to propose some concessions and presented broad outlines for a possible exchange deal between… sides.
According to those broad lines, which were reported by the Israeli media, 136 Israeli detainees will be released in 3 stages, and the Israeli media indicate that the order in which these detainees will be released will be as follows:
-Civilian detainees.
– Female soldiers and the bodies of dead detainees.
Finally, the soldiers and men who serve in the Israeli army, whether regular or reserve,
In return, Israel will, at each stage, release thousands of Palestinian prisoners, male and female, including veteran prisoners, the sick, the elderly, people with high sentences, and prisoners who the occupation says “have blood on their hands,” and the army will gradually withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu’s dilemma
In light of the impasse facing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza, which has deepened recently after the killing and wounding of about 25 Israeli soldiers at the hands of Hamas in central Gaza, it seems that the man has begun to make concessions and abandon his continued stubbornness since that war began on October 7. the past.
The Israeli newspaper “Haaretz” had quoted informed sources as saying, “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed the families of the prisoners that Israel is ready to make concessions for the sake of a new deal.”
Netanyahu informed the families of the prisoners, according to the newspaper, that “Israel will not announce a cessation of the war as part of the prisoner deal, as Hamas requested.” The sources revealed that “Netanyahu said that if he agreed to end the war, he would have to sign international guarantees that cannot be violated.”
According to a report by the French news agency, Netanyahu is facing an escalating crisis after recording the largest number of deaths in one day among the Israeli forces fighting Hamas in Gaza, in addition to growing protests due to his failure to return the hostages.
In its report, the agency quoted Emanuel Navon, a lecturer at Tel Aviv University, as saying that the troop losses “affect everyone, because almost everyone has a son, brother, or relative” fighting in Gaza. He added, “This will certainly raise questions about what is the government’s strategy? Will we really continue to move forward until we eliminate Hamas?”
Experts told Agence France-Presse that Netanyahu’s pledge to eliminate Hamas in response to the October 7 attack is increasingly seen within the government as inconsistent with the goal of returning hostages held in Gaza.
How do you see the news about Hamas suspending prisoner and hostage exchange negotiations with Israel?
What is the future of the conflict between the two parties after the suspension of these negotiations?
Why is Netanyahu now talking about his willingness to make concessions for a deal with Hamas?
Why did he recently attack Qatar’s mediation efforts?
Does Netanyahu accept the conditions imposed by Hamas to conclude a deal regarding the hostages?
Does Netanyahu’s talk about concessions indicate increasing Israeli losses in Gaza?
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2024-01-25 13:45:52
