Israel supports the proposal of a truce from the American envoy, says Netanyahu

The Israeli government said early on Sunday, supports the proposal for expansion The first phase of the roomfire In Gaza through Ramadan and Passover, although Hamas insisted on negotiations on the second phase of the Prim.

The statement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office came from a minute after the end of the first phase, and as the conversations began the beginning of the second phase that was focused on the end of the war and see all the remaining hostages in Gaza.

The statement gives new details about what Israel is described as an American proposal: breaking down the fire through the Passover or 20. April. On the first day of the frame, half hostage, living and dead, would be released. The rest would be released if the agreement is reached by a permanent recirccilement fire.

The statement announced that the proposed after the US envoy Steve Witkoff received a “impression that at this stage was not the possibility of bridging the positions of the parties to end the war, and that it took more time for constant recipients.”

There were no immediate comments from Hamas, which previously rejected the Israeli Proposal for the first phase of the first phase of the inches – by doubling his length – saying that he was a member of the Group who requested anonymity to discuss the closed door negotiations.

The officials of Israel and Mediator Qatar, Egypt and the United States were involved in negotiations on initiating the second phase of the Cairo’s stage. But in Basem Naim, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, said the associated press, was “without progress” before the Israeli bargains returned home on Friday. Hamas did not attend, but his position was presented through Egyptian and Kataric intermediaries.

Under the terms in an arrangement of fire, the fighting should not continue while negotiations in the phase two.

The Israeli new statement says that it can be returned to the fight “if it believes that negotiations are inefficient,” and that noticed Hamas refusal to accept the first phase proposal.

However, “If Hamas changes its position, Israel will immediately enter the negotiations on all the details of the Witkoff plan,” says the statement.

Before Izreel’s new statement, the Egyptian official involved in conversations spoke about the state of anonymity for discussion on negotiations. The official said that Hamas, Qatar and Egypt wanted to continue the existing agreement on the fire and they refused the Israeli proposal to extend the ceasefire on the heading of every Saturday without officially entering the second phase negotiations.

The Egyptian official said that the United States wants to start negotiations on the second phase, but they were called the hostage editions during the negotiations. Hamas insisted on the complete implementation of the terminals of truce.

The first phase, which pauses 15 months of fighting in Gaza, from publishing 33 hostages, including eight bodies, in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Hundreds of thousands of people returned to the North Gaza, helping in the territory of increased and Israeli forces withdraw into the bufficial zones.

Hamas began the war from 7. October 2023. year, a terrorist attack leaving about 1,200 dead in Israel, mostly civilians, and took about 250 hostages. Since then, the Israeli military offensive was killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, according to GAZA, which do not differ civilian and combat deaths, but say more than half of dead women and children.

According to Israel, 32 out of 59 hostages still in Gazi are dead.

The two sides agreed on a three-phase striking arrangement in January. Talks on the second phase were supposed to start the first week of February. The Israelites called on Saturday to persuade its government to continue the contract.

Hamas confirmed his “complete commitment to the implementation of all agreement conditions in all his stages and details” and called on the international community to press Israel to continue to continue the second phase.

Other challenges complicate the future of truce. Israel said that Hamas could not be involved in the control gauze after the war. Netanyahu also turned off any role in Gaza for West Palestinian power, dominated by Hamas’s main rival, Fatah.

Hamas Leader Mohamed Darwish reiterated that the group was ready to hand over the power in the Palestinian state government for a consensus or body for technocrats in Egypt that does not match Hamas or Fatah. His comments came to the open letter to the Summit of the Arab leaders next week in Cairo. Hamas rejected the suggestion of Israel that her leadership enters exile.

Witkoff, Speaking on CBS news’ “Face the nation” Last weekend, he said that the provision of the last American citizens among the survivors of the tales, Edan Alexander was “front and center for us”. Aleksandar served with the Israeli defense forces when he was abducted during the terrorist attack 12. October,

“I know his parents,” Witkoff’s news of the CBS. “We talk all the time. It’s critical. It’s one of the most important goals of President Trump to get all Americans to the house, and we will be successful in home home, I believe.”