Egypt has presented a proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that requires Hamas to provide detailed information about the Israeli hostages still alive, in exchange for a gradual Israeli withdrawal, an Egyptian source told EFE today.
According to the Spanish news agency, Egypt is proposing that the Islamic resistance movement establish a truce with a timetable for the release of the hostages, also against the backdrop of the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Palestinian enclave.
The source, who requested anonymity, stressed that there is an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza on the table for both sides [Israel and Hamas], adding that broader participation in the negotiations is expected, through the sending of delegations to Cairo with the aim of speeding up an agreement.
According to the source, the latest ceasefire proposal put forward by Egyptian mediators requires the Islamist group "Hamas to provide detailed information on the live hostages, the dead and the wounded, as well as photographic evidence to corroborate the veracity of this information."
The proposal also includes an agreement on an initial truce, under which the ceasefire would begin immediately, followed by more in-depth negotiations to establish a timetable for the release of the remaining hostages, in exchange for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, he added.
According to the source, Egyptian officials have been in intense contact in recent hours with their Israeli counterparts, Hamas and the US administration, to whom they have conveyed this proposal.
In this regard, the source referred to recent high-level contacts between Egypt and the United States, during which the Egyptian side expressed its willingness to reach an understanding with Hamas on the subsequent release of the hostages, provided that there are clear guarantees from the United States for any possible agreement.
The source added that negotiations on the urgent ceasefire proposal are still ongoing and noted that Hamas has not withdrawn from the talks or expressed any refusal to respond to the proposals.
Late Sunday evening, upon arriving in Jerusalem, the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, stated that resuming negotiations "is the only way to end the suffering of both sides", referring to the war in Gaza that Israel resumed on the 18th of this month, after a ceasefire that lasted less than two months.
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