Egypt’s president says it has proposed 2-day cease-fire in Gaza, trade of Israeli and Palestinian captives

Egypt’s president on Sunday mentioned his nation has proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas throughout which 4 hostages held in Gaza could be freed and a few Palestinian prisoners could be launched.President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, talking in Cairo, mentioned the proposal additionally contains the supply of humanitarian assist to the besieged Gaza Strip. That is the primary time Egypt’s president has publicly proposed this kind of plan.Egypt, in conjunction with Qatar and the US, has been a key mediator for peace talks between Israel and Hamas because the warfare broke out greater than a 12 months in the past. Months of negotiations sputtered to a halt in August.

El-Sissi mentioned the proposal targets to “transfer the location ahead,” including that after the two-day cease-fire is going into impact, negotiations would proceed to make it everlasting.There hasn’t been a cease-fire in 11 months, since November’s weeklong pause in combating through which 105 hostages had been launched in trade for 240 Palestinian prisoners.

Egypt’s proposal comes as Israel’s best undercover agent, Mossad leader David Barnea, is touring to Doha on Sunday for talks with CIA Director William Burns and Qatari Top Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.There have no longer been any fast reactions from Israel or Hamas to Egypt’s proposal.Right through a central authority memorial Sunday for the Hebrew anniversary of the Oct. 7 assault, Israeli Protection Minister Yoav Gallant mentioned that “no longer each objective will also be completed via army operations.” He added that “painful compromises shall be required” to go back the hostages.Egypt’s proposal got here an afternoon after Israeli moves on Iran in accordance with Iran’s ballistic missile assault on Israel previous this month. Iran’s superb chief mentioned the assault “will have to no longer be exaggerated nor downplayed,” whilst preventing wanting calling for retaliation. It was once Israel’s first open assault on its archenemy.

That trade of fireplace has raised fears of an all-out regional warfare pitting Israel and the US in opposition to Iran and its militant proxies, which come with Hamas and the Hezbollah militant crew in Lebanon, the place Israel introduced a flooring invasion previous this month after just about a 12 months of lower-level war sparked via the warfare in Gaza.

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