War in the enclave was triggered by the attack by Palestinian organization militiamen in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, when the fighters kidnapped 251 people
The and two other Palestinian armed movements stated this Saturday (21) that an agreement to is “closer than ever”, as long as Israel does not present new conditions. “The possibility of reaching an agreement [de cessar-fogo e de troca de reféns por presos palestinos] is closer than ever if the enemy stops imposing new conditions,” Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said in a joint statement released after a meeting in Cairo. A cycle of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Doha, with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, this week rekindled hopes of an agreement.
A Hamas leader declared this Saturday to AFP that the conversations recorded “significant and important advances” in recent days. “An agreement was reached on most points related to the ceasefire and prisoner exchange,” said the leader, who asked to remain anonymous as he was not authorized to speak on the topic. “Unresolved problems persist, but this should not harm the process. The agreement should be concluded before the end of the year, as long as it is not jeopardized” by new conditions from the Israeli prime minister, he added.
Qatar acts as a mediator alongside the United States and Egypt in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, with the aim of achieving a ceasefire and an exchange of hostages kidnapped by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners. The war in the Gaza Strip was triggered by the attack by Hamas militiamen in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, when the fighters kidnapped 251 people, 96 of whom remain in Gaza. Of this group, 34 were dead, according to the Israeli army.
In the attack, Islamist fighters killed 1,208 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures that include the deaths of some hostages kidnapped by Hamas. The Israeli reprisal offensive killed at least 45,227 people in Gaza, according to data from the Hamas government’s Ministry of Health, considered reliable by .
*With information from AFP
Published by Matheus Oliveira
