Israelis demand in Tel Aviv to conclude a deal with the resistance in Gaza in order to release detainees (European)
Al Jazeera Net learned that the Israeli response, presented by Shin Bet, Mossad, and Israeli army officials during their visit to Egypt, did not include any new proposal that could move forward the prisoner exchange negotiations and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
An informed source told Al Jazeera Net that the Israelis have expressed their willingness to allow two thousand displaced Palestinian women, children, and elderly people (over 50 years old) to return to northern Gaza, since the first day of the first phase of the ceasefire.
The source pointed out that the only change in the Israeli position is to allow the return of the displaced from the first day of the first phase, without them being exposed to security scrutiny from the occupation forces - which occupy a strip that divides the Strip into two parts - after they had stipulated that the return of these people would begin two weeks after the start of the phase. The first.
The source confirmed that the resistance continues to adhere to its position, which it handed over to the mediators, of the necessity of the unconditional return of the displaced, without them being subjected to security scrutiny, along with an immediate ceasefire, and the completion of a prisoner exchange process that focuses on civilians in the first stage.
Israeli propaganda
The source stated that the mediators are not enthusiastic about the Israeli response, but this does not mean closing the door to negotiations.
This comes amid Israeli media reports that the delegation consisting of Mossad, Shin Bet, and a representative of the occupation army, which returned to Tel Aviv yesterday, Tuesday, presented a new proposal and is expected from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to respond to it within two days.
The source confirms that the resistance believes that what is being leaked to the Israeli media by the Israeli government aims to spread propaganda to the families of the Israeli prisoners, stating that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making strenuous efforts to reach an agreement to return their children from captivity, while in reality he is obstructing the reaching of any agreement by refusing to provide Any entitlement for this.
Yesterday, Tuesday, Netanyahu's office said that the Israeli negotiating delegation had crystallized with the mediators in Cairo a new proposal that would be presented to Hamas.
He stated that “within the framework of the talks, and with constructive mediation from Egypt, the mediators drafted a modified proposal” for a truce in Gaza and to free detainees.
He added that Israel expects the mediators to pressure Hamas more forcefully in order to reach an agreement.
Source: Al Jazeera