Fight for peace: how Hamas and Israel negotiate the ceasefire

Fight for peace: how Hamas and Israel negotiate the ceasefire

In the background of the moving location in the Gaza conflict, the Islamist Hamas publishes a moving hostage video that illustrates the dramatic consequences of the ongoing crisis. In the video that can be seen in the Telegram channel of Hamas, Eisan Horn, the brother of one two weeks ago, was shown from the captivity two weeks ago, how he grabs his brother. Under the title "Time is running", EITAN calls on the Israeli government to agree to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement. He appeals: "Enough with the war", while the first negotiations on a possible extension of the ceasefire are pending on Saturday. Author of this emotional message seem to be hostage -takers, which the video classifies as a psychological terror, as krone.at reports.

in Cairo because the deadline for the first phases of the ceasefire approaches. Hamas said to be ready to negotiate the next phase. In this transition phase, a hundred Palestinian prisoners were previously released in exchange for the remains of four Israeli hostages, which according to NBC News as an important step in the negotiations. The possibility of continuing the ceasefire is closely related to the ongoing negotiations on the next phase of the agreement, which should prove to be particularly complicated.

challenges and perspectives

The Islamist group Hamas has made it clear that it rejects an extension of the first phase of the ceasefire and that a final end of the conflict should be achieved instead. Negotiations have been tense since the start of the ceasefire on January 19, after 15 months of intensive war. UN Secretary General António Guterres called on the parties to the conflict to make all efforts to prevent failure of these agreements. The coming days will be decisive to determine the fate of hostages and the continuation of the peace process.