The cease-fire discussions with Israel are “serious and positive,” Hamas mentioned Tuesday, as Palestinian and Israeli delegations are in Qatar’s capital Doha to succeed in a deal.
“Hamas affirms that, in light of the serious and positive discussions taking place today in Doha under the auspices of our Qatari and Egyptian brothers, reaching an agreement for a cease-fire and a prisoner exchange is possible if the occupation ceases to impose new conditions,” the Palestinian resistance group mentioned in a press release.
Hamas mentioned the deal in Gaza was attainable if Israel stops setting new situations.
The assertion comes after sources briefed on conferences associated to the cease-fire talks advised Reuters {that a} deal was anticipated to be signed within the coming days.
The conferences observe a visit by David Barnea, who heads Israel’s Mossad intelligence company, to the Qatari capital on Wednesday, the supply mentioned.
Qatar, together with the United States and Egypt, has been concerned in months of behind-the-scenes negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage launch.
But aside from a one-week pause in combating late final 12 months, throughout which scores of Hamas-held hostages have been launched in change for Palestinians held in Israeli jails, successive negotiations have didn’t halt the struggle.
On Monday, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz indicated Israeli negotiators have “not been this close to an agreement” for the discharge of hostages in Gaza because the November 2023 truce.
A senior Hamas official based mostly in Doha additionally mentioned on Monday that negotiations for a deal have been “closer than ever before” however warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may nonetheless “disrupt the agreement as he has done every time before.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com