Gaza ‘approaching a truce agreement’ with Israel, says Hamas leader Haniyeh | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The deal is anticipated to see the group trade captives for Palestinian prisoners with Israel for a brief ceasefire.

Hamas officers are “approaching a truce settlement” with Israel after weeks of the war in the Gaza Strip, based on Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of the Palestinian group that guidelines the besieged enclave.

The group delivered its response to Qatari mediators within the ongoing talks, Haniyeh mentioned in an announcement to Reuters information company on Tuesday morning.

The assertion gave no extra particulars, however a Hamas official advised Al Jazeera that negotiations have been centred on how lengthy the ceasefire would final, preparations for supply of support into Gaza and the trade of Israeli captives held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

Either side will free ladies and youngsters and particulars will likely be introduced by Qatar, which is mediating within the negotiations, mentioned Ezzat el-Reshiq.

The settlement will embrace a ceasefire, preparations for support vans to provide all areas in Gaza, and switch of the injured to different nations for remedy, based on el-Reshiq.

He mentioned the talks between the warring sides have been happening for weeks, including that the Israeli facet was stalling the settlement.

The Hamas official mentioned the deal was agreed upon by all of the brigades in Gaza by telephone calls, “as we’re all the time united whether or not it’s on the battlefield or in making political selections”.

Individually, in remarks quoted by Israel’s Walla information web site, Hamas senior official Yahya Sinwar mentioned the settlement would prohibit the exercise of Israeli plane in Gaza through the truce.

UN decision

Speak of an imminent deal on captives has been circulating for days as Qatari mediators sought the settlement for Hamas and Israel to trade captives for prisoners in return for a brief ceasefire that will enhance emergency support shipments to Gaza civilians.

Final week, the United Nations Safety Council handed a decision calling for “pressing and prolonged humanitarian pauses and corridors all through the Gaza Strip” to permit for support supply and medical evacuations after 4 failed makes an attempt to answer the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The decision, launched by Malta on Wednesday, additionally referred to as for “corridors all through the Gaza Strip for a ample variety of days” to safeguard civilians, notably children, Ambassador Vanessa Frazier advised the Council.

The UN chief, Antonio Guterres, mentioned on Monday that the world was witnessing an “unparalleled and unprecedented” degree of civilian demise in Gaza in contrast with another battle since he turned the worldwide organisation’s secretary-general in 2017.

“What is evident is that we’ve got had in a couple of weeks 1000’s of kids killed, so that is what issues,” Guterres mentioned in New York whereas presenting a brand new UN environmental report.

No less than 13,000 Palestinians – about 5,600 of them kids and three,500 ladies – have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its air and floor assault on Gaza after the October 7 assaults by Hamas focusing on Israel, based on the Ministry of Well being in Gaza.

Hamas and allied teams took about 240 captives throughout their incursion into southern Israel that killed about 1,200 folks, based on Israeli authorities.