International Courant
CAIRO
Officers from Egypt, Qatar, the US and Israel are scheduled to fulfill in Doha on Wednesday to push for a prisoner change and cease-fire within the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian supply stated Tuesday.
The assembly within the Qatari capital goals to bridge variations and discover widespread floor, Egypt’s Al-Qahera el-Ekhbariya tv channel reported, citing the high-level supply.
Main the Egyptian delegation would be the head of Egypt’s Basic Intelligence Service, Abbas Kamel, alongside William Burns, director of the US Central Intelligence Company (CIA). The assembly follows an intensive spherical of talks in Cairo, in keeping with the supply.
Earlier Tuesday, the supply disclosed that cease-fire talks, now of their second day, are persevering with in Cairo. The Egyptian safety delegation has been actively working to facilitate dialogue between all events concerned.
Whereas particular particulars stay undisclosed, the supply indicated that there’s settlement on a number of key factors. Negotiations are set to renew in Doha on Wednesday and in Cairo on Thursday, the supply added.
In parallel, an American delegation led by William Burns arrived in Cairo on Monday to interact with the Egyptian safety group in a recent spherical of cease-fire negotiations.
On the similar time, Ronen Bar, the top of the Shin Guess home safety company, visited the Egyptian capital Monday and departed Tuesday after discussions with Burns and Egyptian officers.
Their talks centered on addressing unresolved points associated to a prisoner change and potential cease-fire in Gaza.
The official Israeli broadcaster KAN reported that Wednesday’s assembly in Doha will embody Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. Representing Israel might be David Barnea, head of the Mossad intelligence service, and Shin Guess chief Ronen Bar. The Israeli military may even have a consultant on the negotiations, Nitzan Alon.
For months, mediation efforts led by the US, Qatar and Egypt have sought an settlement between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. The proposed deal goals to safe a mutual prisoner change and an enduring cease-fire within the Gaza Strip, permitting humanitarian support to succeed in the Palestinian territory.
Israel, flouting a UN Safety Council decision demanding an instantaneous cease-fire, has confronted worldwide condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 assault by the Palestinian group Hamas.
Greater than 38,200 Palestinians have since been killed, principally ladies and kids, and over 88,000 others injured, in keeping with native well being authorities.
9 months into the Israeli warfare, huge tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water and drugs.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, whose newest ruling ordered it to right away halt its army operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place over 1,000,000 Palestinians had sought refuge from the warfare earlier than it was invaded on Might 6.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio
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