US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel this weekend.
President of the United States Joe Biden warns the parties against jeopardizing efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza. According to Biden, the creation of an agreement is already close.
Foreign minister Antony Blinken will travel to Israel on Saturday to promote talks on a deal that would bring a ceasefire and allow the release of hostages and detainees and the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza.
According to Biden, Blinken is traveling to the Middle East in part to emphasize that no one in the region should now take steps to destabilize the negotiations.
Ceasefire negotiations will continue next week in Cairo. The United States has made a compromise proposal to the parties, on the basis of which they are trying to reach an agreement.
According to the White House, the proposal is based on the issues that have been reached during the past week. According to the White House, a proposal has been made regarding the issues that are still open, which will make it possible to reach an agreement quickly.
The extremist organization Hamas announced on Friday that it does not intend to accept the “new conditions” presented by Israel. The sources who spoke to the news agency AFP said that these conditions included, among other things, the leaving of Israeli forces on the Gaza border with Egypt. According to Israel, this would be necessary to prevent arms smuggling.
Hamas has demanded a complete withdrawal from Gaza, the full return of people driven from their residential areas, and an unrestricted exchange of prisoners.