Egyptian proposal
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty said the proposal would allow Gaza residents “to catch their breath” and facilitate a captive-prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel.
Hayya expressed hope that Israel would not obstruct the proposal.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, followed up on both countries’ joint efforts to maintain the ceasefire in Gaza in a phone call on Wednesday.
Egypt’s security delegation has highlighted to all the participating parties the danger of escalating and failing to adhere to the negotiation path, an Egyptian high-level source said on Wednesday.
“While the Hamas proposal is far from meeting Israel's core demands, Israel will dispatch a ranking delegation to Egypt in an effort to maximize the possibility of reaching an agreement on terms acceptable to Israel,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office.
He called on the Security Council, especially the United States and the Western countries that support Israel, to assume their responsibilities and curb the occupation force.
“I closely follow the positive developments pertinent to the ongoing negotiations to reach a comprehensive truce in the Gaza Strip. I call on all parties to exert more efforts to reach an agreement that will end the humanitarian tragedy from which the Palestinian people are suffering and finalize the exchange of hostages and prisoners,” said President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on his official Facebook page on Monday evening.
The source added that the Egyptian security delegation reached a consensus formula on many points of disagreement.
