Israel has transmitted a proposal for a temporary truce in Hamas, via Egypt – Liberation

What to pave the way for negotiations with a view to stopping hostilities? Egypt, among mediating countries in the conflict in Gaza, has received a proposal Israel Including the temporary break of war in the Palestinian enclave. Egyptian diplomats have « Transmitted the Israeli proposal to Hamas » And await his answer « as soon as possible »said this evening on Monday, April 14, sources in Al-Qahera News, without specifying the content of the proposal.

On Monday, earlier in the day, a senior Hamas leader said that the Palestinian movement was ready to release all Israeli hostages in particular in exchange for guarantees that Israel will end the war in The Gaza Strip. He accused the Hebrew State of hindering progress towards a cease-fire, claiming however that Hamas would not disarm, one of the conditions posed by Israel to end the war: « The weapons of the resistance are not subject to negotiation. »

A delegation of Hamas went this weekend to Cairo for discussions with officials of Egypt and Qatar who, with the United States, leads mediation with a view to a truce in the Palestinian territory.

Earlier, the Israeli information site Ynet had reported a new proposal submitted by mediators to Hamas. This would provide for the release of ten living hostages in exchange for American guarantees that Israel will begin negotiations on a second phase of the ceasefire.

Efforts to restore the ceasefire So far have struck disagreements on the number of hostages that Hamas should release. In Israel, the hostage -forum forum, the main militant organization for the release of the Israelis selected in Gaza, has rose against this phase approach which it has qualified as « Dangerous concept ».

« The State of Israel has the obligation to bring everyone back »insisted the organization in a press release. « We demand to opt for the necessary, achievable and appropriate solution: put an end to war and bring all the hostages immediately in a single step. »

A first phase of the truce, between January 19 and March 17, allowed the return to Israel of 33 hostages, including eight dead, in exchange for the exit of around 1,800 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Israeli forces resumed their operations on March 18 in the Gaza Strip with the declared objective of eradicating the Islamist Hamas movement there.