Hamas delegation in Cairo to review the ceasefire in Gaza

According to Isna, the Qatari website “Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed” was informed that the meeting, which was held at the request of Egypt and following phone calls from more than one side, lasted only about five hours, and the proposals of the United States and Egypt regarding the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and The exchange of prisoners was discussed.

According to the information received by Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, this movement, in a meeting with the officials of the Egyptian Intelligence Organization and Major General “Hassan Rashad”, its new head, emphasized the necessity of an immediate stop to the genocide in the northern Gaza Strip before proceeding to negotiations.

Also, Hamas-affiliated media reported, quoting informed sources, that a delegation of the movement headed by Khalil al-Hiya arrived in Cairo to meet Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, the head of Egyptian intelligence.

A Hamas official told AFP that a Hamas delegation held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo on Thursday about the cease-fire proposals and expressed the movement’s “readiness” to stop fighting if Israel commits to a cease-fire, withdraws from the Gaza Strip, returns refugees, He stressed the exchange of prisoners and the sending of aid.

This official in the Hamas movement, requesting that his name not be published, said: “A delegation from the movement arrived in Cairo and met with the Egyptian authorities there, and ideas and proposals regarding the resumption of negotiations for a ceasefire and the exchange of prisoners were discussed and reviewed.”

In this regard, Egypt’s new intelligence chief proposed a small exchange deal that included a two-week ceasefire in exchange for the release of five soldiers, after which extensive negotiations would begin. He requested a 48-hour ceasefire to finalize the details.

Ronen Bar, head of Israel’s Shin Bet, presented the initiative to the Israeli government, and some ministers, with the exception of Ben Gower and Smotrich, who were against it, all expressed their support and asked Bar to work with the Egyptians to improve it works Estimates suggest that the deal has little chance of success, but in Israel they agreed to try.

At the same time, new Arab sources suggested that Cairo informed the US government officials of the full understanding of the proposal recently presented by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken; A proposal that includes the deployment of international forces in the Saladin Corridor (Philadelphia), parallel to the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip, in exchange for the withdrawal of the occupying army from there.

Meanwhile, in the next few days, delegations of mediators and negotiators are going to Doha, the capital of Qatar, and meetings will be held with the presence of the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Hassan Rashad, the head of Egypt’s new intelligence service, William Burns, head of the CIA, and David Barnia, head of Israel’s Mossad, will be held.

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