Even without Hamas, the talks are still expected to go on because US, Egyptian, and Qatari mediators say they could use them to come up with a plan to solve the remaining problems.
Since Hamas’ political leader and chief negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran, they have been suspended. Last month, they suffered several setbacks.
The US trusts that settling an arrangement could deflect Iran from fighting back for the death against Israel – which has neither affirmed nor denied contribution – and deflect a local clash.
The US has inclined up its conciliatory endeavors in front of the discussions.
According to a statement from the state department, during a phone call on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani stated that “no party in the region should take actions that would undermine efforts to reach a deal.” Mr Blinken additionally talked independently to Egyptian Unfamiliar Clergyman Badr Abdelatty, the state division said.
According to the White House, the national security team briefed US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the most recent developments in the Middle East.
In response to an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, in which approximately 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage, the Israeli military launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in Gaza.
In excess of 39,960 individuals have been killed in Gaza from that point forward, as per the domain’s Hamas-run wellbeing service.
The heads of the United States, Egypt, and Qatar issued a joint statement last week urging Israel and Hamas to resume urgent negotiations on a deal that would alleviate the suffering of the people of Gaza and the 111 hostages who remain, 39 of whom are believed to be dead.
They stated that a framework agreement was “now on the table with only the details of implementation remaining to conclude,” and that they were prepared to present a bridging proposal to resolve their disagreements if necessary.
Israel responded by announcing that it would send a group of negotiators to participate in the talks on Thursday. Yet, Hamas – which is restricted as a fear monger association by Israel, the UK and different nations – requested that the go betweens present an arrangement in view of where talks were a month and a half back as opposed to taking part in any new adjusts of dealings.
Despite the fact that many of the Hamas representatives are based in Doha, Qatar, a senior Hamas official confirmed on Wednesday that they would not attend the meeting.
According to what he told the BBC, “We want a roadmap to implement what we have already agreed on based on President Biden’s ceasefire plan and the Security Council resolution,” which guarantees Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, specifically from the Philadelphi corridor (which runs along the border with Egypt), permits the unrestricted return of displaced people to northern Gaza, and allows the flow of humanitarian aid.
“It is Israel which added new circumstances and reneged on its past arrangement,” he added.
A “full and complete ceasefire” lasting six weeks, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from populated areas of Gaza, and the exchange of some of the hostages – including women, the elderly, and the sick or wounded – for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel would be part of the first phase of the agreement that Mr. Biden outlined on May 31 and the UN Security Council endorsed.
The subsequent stage would include the arrival of any remaining living prisoners and a “super durable finish to threats”. The third would see the beginning of a significant remaking plan for Gaza and the arrival of dead prisoners’ remaining parts.
According to unpublished documents, Israel relayed a list of five new conditions in a letter on July 27 in addition to the principles it had outlined on May 27 and Mr. Biden presented days later, as reported by the New York Times on Tuesday.
It stated that the “withdrawal of Israeli forces eastwards away from densely populated areas along the borders in all areas of the Gaza Strip” was mentioned in the May proposal; however, a map indicating Israel’s continued control over the Philadelphi corridor was included in the July letter.
According to the report, the letter had also included a requirement that an agreed-upon mechanism be established to ensure that the Israeli-controlled Netzarim corridor, which effectively divides Gaza into two parts, would only be used by unarmed civilians returning to northern Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement in response to the report, calling the claim that he had added new conditions “false” and referring to them as “essential clarifications.”
“The letter that Prime Minister Netanyahu sent on July 27 does not impose additional conditions and certainly does not contradict or undermine the proposal that was made on May 27. In point of fact, Hamas was the one who requested 29 modifications to the proposal from 27 May, which the prime minister refused to implement,” it continued, without providing any specifics regarding Hamas’s demands.
President Biden said later on Tuesday that the negotiations were “getting hard,” but he was “not giving up.”
He additionally said he accepted an understanding would assist with turning away the chance of reprisal against Israel by Iran, Hamas’ principal supporter, for the death of Ismail Haniyeh.
At the point when inquired as to whether Iran “could… quit doing activity if a truce bargain is conceivable”, he answered: ” That’s what I hope for, but we’ll see.”
Iran has been admonished by Israel that it will “exact a heavy price for any aggression.” Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement in the assassination of the Hamas leader. Iran insists that “a punitive response to an aggressor is a legal right,” despite Western calls for restraint.
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza and one of the masterminds behind the attack on October 7, has taken Haniyeh’s place. “Sinwar has been and remains the only obstacle to a hostage deal,” Mr. Netanyahu stated on Monday.
