China News Service, Beijing, February 26th Comprehensive news: According to foreign media reports on the 25th, the ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip that recently concluded in Paris, the French capital, have made progress, and Qatar will host a new round of ceasefire negotiations in the near future.

But at the same time, the Israeli War Cabinet approved the plan submitted by the Israel Defense Forces on the 25th local time to evacuate civilians and conduct military operations in the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.

　　According to reports from Reuters, Qatar Al Jazeera and other foreign media on the 25th, the Israeli delegation will soon go to Qatar to continue negotiations on the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.

Reuters quoted Egyptian sources as saying that Qatar will host negotiations this week, and then negotiators will go to the Egyptian capital Cairo to further negotiate on the implementation mechanism and timetable of the agreement.

　　According to reports, the latest round of ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip was held on February 23 in Paris, France.

The Israeli delegation returned to the country on the 25th and informed the Israeli War Cabinet of the results of the talks. The Israeli War Cabinet agreed to send another delegation to Qatar for further negotiations in the next few days.

　　Israeli media reported that there are still differences between the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel, but Hamas has given up on some previous demands and there is room for an agreement between the two sides.

For example, Hamas no longer demands a lasting ceasefire and the Israeli military's complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and it has lowered its demand for the release of the number of Palestinian detainees.

　　Sullivan, the U.S. President's national security adviser, said on the 25th that consensus had been reached during the Paris talks on the "basic framework" for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an agreement to release detainees.

U.S. media quoted sources as saying that the latest draft agreement proposed that Hamas release 40 Israeli detainees in exchange for a six-week ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees, while allowing some Palestinians to people returned to the northern Gaza Strip.

　　Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said on the 25th, "We are working hard to reach an agreement, but it is too early to say whether we will reach an agreement." "If Hamas returns to reality, we will reach an agreement."

　　Netanyahu also said that if a ceasefire agreement is reached with Hamas, the Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah will be postponed.

But he also said that "it is impossible to leave Hamas without dealing with its last stronghold."

　　The Jerusalem Post reported on the 26th that on the evening of the 25th, the Israeli War Cabinet approved the plan submitted by the IDF to evacuate civilians and conduct military operations from Rafah.

　　A statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office on the 26th stated that the plan approved by the Israeli War Cabinet also includes the provision of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.

　　In addition, the Israeli Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the 25th, saying that Israeli Defense Minister Galante said during a combat situation assessment at the Israeli Northern Command headquarters that day that even if Israel and Hamas reach an agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of detained personnel, Israel will also continue to attack Lebanese Hezbollah until the organization completely withdraws from the Lebanese-Israeli border area.

　　The Israeli military said that on the 25th, northern Israel was repeatedly attacked by rockets and drones from the direction of Lebanon, and it retaliated with fighter jets air strikes on multiple targets in southern Lebanon.

Lebanese Hezbollah announced on the same day that the organization attacked military targets in northern Israel that day.

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