Hamas and Israel start new negotiations on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

Hamas and Israel start new negotiations on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

Current developments in the Gaza Strip make you notice: Hamas confirms its willingness to participate in the second phase of the arms resting talks. "We are calling for increased efforts to help the Gaza Strip and to lift the blockade against our suffering people," said Hamas spokesman Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua. In Cairo, a delegation of Hamas negotiates with Egyptian and Qataric agents, such as Kleine Zeitung reported. In addition to Hamas, Israel also wants to advance the talks for the next phase, a delegation is already being sent to Doha to advance the tense negotiations, such as Deutschlandfunk communicated.

negotiations and hostage frames in the focus

An important topic of the current negotiations are the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas currently keeps 24 living hostages and 35 corpses of deported violence. The goal agreed during the first ceasefire agreement, which came into force on January 19, is to relieve these hostages as part of the second phase and at the same time negotiate plans for an end to the war. Israel recently stopped the import of relief goods in the Gaza Strip and asks Hamas to release the hostages. These developments show how tense the situation remains and that both sides hope for a de -escalation, but the negotiations are shaped by complex political conditions.

Hamas has also agreed to form a committee, which is directed by "national and independent" personalities in order to manage the Gaza Strip up to the elections. These steps could be crucial to promote gradual peace in the region and prevent humanitarian catastrophe. The mediators from Egypt and Qatar play a key role here to bring the parties that are not directly negotiated and make progress.