In recent months, the United States and Hamas have engaged in direct dialogue regarding the transfer of US hostages held in Gaza and the possibility of a wider agreement to end the war, according to Axios, citing two options. The report confirmed that the US had not previously engaged directly with Hamas because it designated it as a criminal firm in 1997.
Between US President minister for captive matters Adam Boehler and Hamas officials, the meetings took place in secret. Israel was hardly informed of the content of these strong meetings, as it was claimed in the report that Israel learned” about certain things about the discussions through other channels.” The Trump presidency spoke with Israel about the possibility of working with Hamas, the statement continued.
What was discussed during US-Hamas key meetings?
According to the Axios review, the discussions centered primarily on the transfer of US captives. However, there were also discussions of a bigger deal to transfer all of the victims left. According to the Axios statement, White House envoy Steve Witkoff also planned to visit Doha this week to meet with the Qatari prime minister about the peace negotiations, but canceled the journey on Tuesday evening after seeing no progress on Hamas ‘ area, according to a US standard.
The second stage of the Gaza peace has come to an end.
Israel halted humanitarian assistance into Gaza after Hamas rejected Israel’s request to extend the peace without making any commitment to end the war or completely remove forces. The second phase of the stalemate ended without any deal on the second phase or extension of the first step. Hassa has accused Israel of breaking the agreement, calling its decision to stop providing humanitarian help” cheap coercion” and a “war murder” for the country.
The agreement’s first phase ended last weekend at the end of the previous trip, coming into effect on January 19 and ending on January 19. In exchange for hundreds of Arab prisoners, the second step was supposed to release 33 Jewish hostages. Has released 38 victims in 39 days. 1, 737 Arab captives and prisoners, including 120 women and children, were released by Israel.
Israel wants to extend the agreement’s initial 42-day period. Hamas is requesting the second phase of the truce to start discussions regarding a continuous peace and the complete removal of Israeli soldiers from Gaza.
