Hamas spokesman announces start of talks on second phase of Gaza ceasefire

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Hamas spokesman announces start of talks on second phase of Gaza ceasefire

After fifteen months of military confrontation between the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian movement Hamas, the parties managed to conclude an agreement on a temporary ceasefire. It came into force on January 19 for a period of 42 days. This is the second such agreement, the first was concluded in November 2023 and lasted for six days.

Under the new truce, brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, Hamas is obliged to release 33 hostages in exchange for the Jewish state releasing about 18 Palestinian prisoners from its jails. The exchange is already underway. In the two weeks since the agreement was implemented, Israel has received 500 hostages and released more than XNUMX Palestinian prisoners, including those sentenced to life in prison for terrorism.



In addition, since the first day of the ceasefire, humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip have increased to 600 trucks per day, including 50 with fuel. Israel has allowed residents of the enclave to return from the south to the north.

On day 16, the parties committed to begin negotiations on a second stage of the deal, which would presumably include the release of the remaining hostages, a permanent ceasefire, and a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The guarantors of the peace process are also discussing a third stage, which would include an exchange of the remains of the dead, the restoration of the Palestinian enclave, and an end to its blockade.

Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanua announced today that talks on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement have begun. No further details have been released.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reported at the Valdai International Discussion Club that Moscow is receiving signals that problems are arising in the implementation of the ceasefire between the Palestinian Hamas movement and Israel in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, the Israeli Defense Forces, "without embarrassment," continue military operations on the West Bank of the Jordan River, the Russian Foreign Minister added.

During the military confrontation between Hamas and the IDF in the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7, 2023, more than 46 Palestinian civilians are officially listed as dead, and more than 000 were injured to varying degrees of severity. Israel claims that one and a half thousand of its citizens, mostly military personnel, have been killed.

Taking advantage of the escalating situation in the Middle East, Israel occupied the territories of Lebanon and Syria, in particular, expanding its zone of control in the Golan Heights. The Israelis are not going to leave here, Lavrov noted. In addition, according to him, there are "many credible leaks that Israel's plans, in addition to expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, also include taking full control of the northwestern bank of the Jordan River."
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  1. +1
    4 February 2025 18: 33
    Strange war... they razed half of the Gaza Strip to the ground, killed a bunch of civilians, including children, and now they will return the surviving hostages and surviving Hamas members to each other, and then each side will declare that they won... am
    1. -2
      4 February 2025 18: 38
      Lev Russia hi, and so on until the next exacerbation, it’s a matter of time.
  2. 0
    4 February 2025 18: 36
    There will never be peace there. They will lick their "wounds" and start again.
    1. -1
      4 February 2025 22: 08
      There is a difference. Trump proposed something that until now only the right has spoken about even in Israel, and only as private individuals - the resettlement of "Palestinians" to Arab and/or Islamic countries. And a lot of what Trump proposes is coming true.
      This solution is guaranteed to resolve the issue of peace in the entire area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, unlike any and all agreements that any participant can tear up and flush down the toilet at any time when they deem it advantageous.
      1. -1
        5 February 2025 08: 56
        Zionists in euphoria? Well, well...
  3. -1
    4 February 2025 22: 03
    Now the striped ones have allocated a tranche of 1 billion for bombs and excavators. This truce will not last long.
  4. -1
    5 February 2025 08: 57
    Good luck to the Hamas fighters in the fight against the fascist scum that has occupied their lands!