Breakthrough in Gaza Ceasefire Talks as Hamas Delegation Arrives in Cairo

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Submitted2024.05.04 18:55
Edit2024.05.04 18:55

“A mediator reached an agreed formula on most issues” AFP news agency reported that a delegation from the Palestinian armed group Hamas arrived in Cairo, Egypt on the 4th (local time) to end the ceasefire and allow if hostilities in the Gaza Strip with Israel spread. Egypt’s state media, Al-Qahira News, quoted an anonymous high-ranking source along with the news of the arrival of the Hamas delegation, saying, “Significant progress has been made in (ceasefire) talks between Hamas and Israel.”

“Egyptian mediators have reached an agreed formula on most issues,” he said.

In a statement the previous day, Hamas announced that it intended to send a delegation to Cairo and said, “We are going to Cairo with a good stance and to come to an agreement. ” Previously, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh also told Egypt’s Director of National Intelligence (GNI) Abbas Kamel that he was considering a new ceasefire agreement with a ‘positive stance’.

In addition, with the news that William Burns, the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), arrived in Cairo the day before, there is speculation that the cease-fire talks​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ .

In this regard, Reuters said that US government officials believe that some progress has been made in negotiations for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza war and the release of hostages. On the 26th of last month, Israel delivered a new ceasefire agreement to Hamas through Egypt.

Although the full text has not been released, it says that 33 hostages, including women, the elderly, and the sick, were kidnapped by Hamas in its surprise attack on Israel on October 7. last year, an exchange for 900 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. and that a truce will be observed for about 40 days.

In particular, Israel, which had so far rejected a permanent ceasefire, saying it would destroy Hamas, is said to have stepped back, leaving room for negotiation, saying it could he considered the ‘restoration of lasting peace.’ Accordingly, major foreign media outlets expected that once a cease-fire​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ more have come to an end, further negotiations regarding a permanent​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ceasefire​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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