Putin proposes BRICS group has role in resolving Israel-Hamas conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a political solution to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

In addition, President Putin proposed that countries in the Middle East region, including the BRICS group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, Play a role in efforts to reach a peace agreement

Meanwhile, at the BRICS summit today via video conference. President Putin has blamed US diplomatic failures for the Middle East crisis.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an international peace conference to end the war between Israel and Hamas.

Xi also proposed three approaches to resolving the conflict, including that all parties involved in the conflict must immediately ceasefire. and opening a humanitarian corridor to send aid into Gaza. Including the fact that various countries Measures must be taken to prevent the conflict from spreading and affecting stability in the Middle East.

President Xi’s speech came A source told NBC News that a preliminary agreement has been reached to release the hostages from Hamas. They are only waiting for approval from the Israeli government. An announcement is expected within a few hours.

A senior US official told NBC that under the agreement Hamas will release about 50 women and children hostages in exchange for Israel’s release of 150 Palestinian prisoners, but that number is subject to change.

The agreement also includes a six-hour daily halt to Israeli drone surveillance in Gaza so that Hamas can collect the remaining hostages.

The two sides will also hold a 4-5 day truce to allow for a hostage exchange.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said negotiations on the release of the hostages from Hamas were making progress.

“I don’t want to say too much right now. But I hope there will be good news soon,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu will also hold a war cabinet meeting today at 6:00 p.m. local time. This will be followed by a Cabinet meeting for security and politics at 7:00 p.m. and a government meeting at 8:00 p.m. The meeting is to discuss the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Mr. Netanyahu’s statement was consistent with that of senior Hamas officials. which revealed that The two sides are close to reaching a ceasefire agreement. And there will be an exchange of female and child hostages from both Israel and Hamas.