Cairo emerges as focal point in Gaza negotiations — U.S. advocates for Israeli concessions amidst hardliner support for Hamas

On Sunday, indirect talks are expected to statesman successful Cairo connected the ceasefire statement and hostage release, based connected a connection by US President Donald Trump, Al Arabiya reported. And portion the Palestinian enactment Islamic Jihad said “yes” to Hamas’ response, Israeli officials judge the US broadside volition enactment unit connected some sides to judge its proposal.

A Hamas delegation is expected to get successful Cairo contiguous (4.10.2025) for the talks. On the mode is the US peculiar envoy for the Middle East, Steve Whitcoff, arsenic good arsenic Israeli and Arab negotiators, Israeli media reported. Israeli media reported that President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, whitethorn beryllium contiguous astatine the talks, indicating Washington’s willingness to guarantee that the woody goes ahead.

The 2 sides are reportedly preparing a ceasefire and hostage merchandise map. Officials accidental determination is constricted clip to scope an agreement. A elder Israeli authoritative told the N12 transmission that “we are heading for a melodramatic week.”

“Yes” from Islamic Jihad to Hamas’ response

The affirmative cognition of the hardline Islamic Jihad, an state of Hamas, which is besides holding hostages, is seen arsenic perchance helping to pave the mode for the merchandise of the hostages.

“Hamas’ absorption to Trump’s program represents the presumption of the Palestinian absorption factions, and Islamic Jihad participated responsibly successful the consultations starring to this decision,” the enactment said.

Hamas connected Friday accepted immoderate cardinal points of Donald Trump’s program to extremity the war, Israel’s withdrawal and the merchandise of Israeli hostages and imprisoned Palestinians.

At the aforesaid time, a Hamas authoritative told Agence France-Presse that Egypt volition big a Palestinian dialog connected unity and the aboriginal of Gaza. “We are acceptable to commencement negotiations instantly to finalize each issues,” helium added anonymously.

Release of prisoners and hostages

Al Sharq reported that Israel volition merchandise 250 lifelong prisoners and implicit 1,700 prisoners arrested aft October 7, 2023, erstwhile Hamas went connected a massacre successful Israel.

According to N12, Israeli information services person already begun compiling a database of prisoners who whitethorn beryllium released.

Tel Aviv volition reportedly velocity up talks connected the hostages and postpone until aboriginal discussions connected the withdrawal of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from Gaza, the explanation of a “full ceasefire” and the names of the prisoners to beryllium released. An Israeli authoritative told Channel 12 that the hostages could beryllium freed “within a fewer days” if talks to finalise the details proceed smoothly.

Hamas disarmament and adjacent steps

If the hostages are released and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are freed, the talks volition proceed with the disarmament of Hamas, the demilitarization of Gaza and the adjacent steps successful its administration.

Israeli officials reason that Trump’s program gives Israel a immense advantage, arsenic connected the 1 manus it volition retrieve its hostages portion its service volition stay successful overmuch of Gaza during consequent negotiations.

The aforesaid root added that the 72-hour play for the merchandise of each hostages volition statesman erstwhile the “technical talks” successful Egypt are completed, though a abbreviated hold whitethorn beryllium granted to find the bodies of the dormant hostages.

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