Israel and Hamas are expected to have indirect conversations in Qatar for the second consecutive day on Monday, With the aim of ensuring fire and an agreement on hostages in Gaza, before a meeting in Washington takes place between Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
The US president has said that an agreement could be reached this week. Before leaving for Washington on Sunday, Netanyahu said that Israeli negotiators had received clear instructions to achieve a high heat under conditions that Israel has accepted.
An Israeli responsible described positively the environment prevailing so far in Gaza conversations with the mediation of Qatar and Egypt. Palestinian leaders affirmed that Sunday’s preliminary meetings had ended without conclusive results.
A second Israeli position said that in Qatar the question of humanitarian aid had been discussed, without giving more details.
The talks about the truce have been revived after the 12 -day Israeli air war last month against his archNienemigo, Iran, which supports Hamas.
The 60 -day fire proposal, backed by the United States, contemplates the gradual release of hostages, the withdrawal of the Israeli army from some areas of Gaza and the debate on the total end of the war.
The end of the war has been the main point of friction in previous rounds of conversations, in which Hamas demanded the total end of the conflict in exchange for freeing all hostages, and Israel insisted that he would continue fighting until Hamas was dismantled.
Some of Netanyahu’s hard line coalition partners oppose the fighting. However, since the Israelis are increasingly tired of this war, which already lasts 21 months, their government is expected to support fire.
The war was triggered on October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked southern Israel, killed some 1,200 people and took 251 hostages. It is believed that about 20 of the remaining 50 hostages in Gaza are still alive.
Israel’s military campaign against Hamas has killed more than 57,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health authorities, It has caused a hunger crisis, has displaced almost the entire population and has left most of the territory in ruins.
