CAIRO (AP) – Peace negotiations between Israel and Hamas resumed on Tuesday in Resort City, Egypt. A bloody conflict It’s seen tens of thousands Palestinians were killed In Gaza.
The second day of indirect negotiations at Sharm El-Sheikh’s Red Sea Resort, Plan proposed by US President Donald Trump Last week we are aiming to end the war.
After hours of discussions on Monday, an Egyptian official with knowledge of the debate said the parties agreed to most of the first stage conditions, including the release of hostages and the establishment of a ceasefire. An official who spoke on the condition of anonymity and discussed the personal meeting, said consultations resumed Tuesday afternoon.
The plan has received extensive international support and Trump told reporters Monday that he thought there was a “really good opportunity” for a permanent deal.
“This is beyond Gaza,” he said. “Gaza is a big deal, but this is truly peace in the Middle East.”
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatti told journalists that members of the US delegation will be taking part in the meeting on Wednesday.
Trump’s Peace Plan
However, there remains a lot of uncertainty, including the demand for Hamas to be disarmed and Gaza’s future governance.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long said Hamas must surrender and disarm, but Hamas has not yet commented.
The plan assumes that Israel would withdraw its troops from Gaza and establish international security forces after Hamas was disarmed. Territories are placed under international governance, Trump and before British Prime Minister Tony Blair I’ll oversee it.
The war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and escorting 251.
The continuing devastating war that followed overcame global politics, leading to the deaths of 67,160 Palestinians and nearly 170,000 injured, leaving the territory. It’s abandoned.
The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but says that more than half of the deaths were women and children. The ministry is part of Hamas-run government, and the United Nations and many independent experts consider the figures to be the most reliable estimates of wartime casualties.
The number of experts including them is increasing Commissioned by UN agencieswho have said that Israel’s attacks in Gaza are equivalent to genocide. Israel is vehemently denying it.
Thousands of Israeli gathered on Tuesday in an area attacked by Hamas two years ago to pay tribute to their loved ones who were killed and lured. After the rocket was launched in northern Gaza, explosions echoed throughout the field. No damage or injuries have been reported.
In Gaza city, residents said the Israeli attack continued until early Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of victims.
“We pray to God that this war will end as soon as possible in place of tomorrow,” evacuated woman Sanaa Adwan told Khan Eunice on Monday.
Promise of humanitarian salvation
Prior to the resumption of consultations, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the hostilities had created “humanitarian catastrophe on a scale that denied understanding.”
“The recent proposal by US President Donald J. Trump presents an opportunity that must be seized to end this tragic conflict,” Guterres said in a statement.
Qatar and Egyptian mediators have promoted consultations, meeting first with Hamas delegation members on Monday and later with Israeli members.
According to Majed Al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the speech on Monday was four hours.
The Israeli delegation included hostage coordinator Gal Hirsch, a missing person from Netanyahu’s office. Hamas representatives included top negotiator Khalil Al Haiya.
White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt said Monday that US Empoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were on hand to join the talks.
She did not comment on the specific deadlines for conclusions on them, but said, “It’s important to get this done quickly.”
Part of the plan is to surge humanitarian aid into Gaza. Gaza has more than 2 million Palestinians facing hunger, and some regions face hunger.
United Nations spokesman Stephen Dujaric said there are “thousands of metric tons of metric in the pipeline of products ready to enter” from Jordan and Israel’s port of Ashdod.
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Rising reported from Bangkok. Melanie Ridman of Israeli Lame. Sam Mednick of Tel Aviv, Israel. Contributors were John Gambrel of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Edith M. Lederer of the United Nations.
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