🔗 Share this article Palestinian Hamas and Israeli officials begin indirect discussions in the Egyptian city on Trump's Gaza ceasefire initiative. News Agency Israeli forces continue combat operations in Palestinian territories for multiple weeks. Third-party negotiations aimed at reaching a final agreement on a American ceasefire proposal to stop the conflict in Gaza have commenced in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh. Middle Eastern and regional officials have reported that the meetings are concentrating on "creating the field conditions" for a anticipated transfer that would result in the liberation of all captured Israelis in exchange for a quantity of incarcerated individuals. Hamas has said it accepts the ceasefire initiative to some extent, but has omitted reference to several key demands - such as its disarmament and future role in Gaza. Israel's prime minister said on Saturday that he hoped to announce the freeing of detained individuals "shortly" Background Context The talks, which will involve regional and international officials facilitating discussions with delegations from both the conflicting parties separately, take place on the approach of the 24-month point of the armed assault on Israeli territories on the initial attack date, in which approximately 1,200 people were fatally wounded and 251 others were taken hostage. The armed forces launched a campaign in Gaza in countermeasure. Following the initial attack, approximately 67,160 have been lost their lives by Israeli military operations in Gaza, as reported by the territory's medical administration. Proposal Framework The 20-point plan, which has been approved by American leadership and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outlines an quick halt to combat and the freeing of 48 hostages, only 20 individuals are thought to be alive, in return for multiple hundreds of detained Gazans. The plan stipulates that once both sides agree to the initiative "full aid will be quickly dispatched into the Palestinian territory" It also declares that the militant group would have no role in political leadership, and it allows for an eventual Palestinian state. Recent Developments In the latest development, the group answered to the initiative in a statement, in which the group agreed "to liberate all captured individuals, both living and dead, following the swap arrangement specified by President Trump's proposal" - if the necessary circumstances for the transfers are satisfied. It failed to address or endorse Trump's 20-point plan but said it "reaffirms its commitment to transfer the administration of the Gaza Strip to a local administration of independents, based on Palestinian national consensus and Arab and Islamic support" The statement omitted reference of one of the key demands of the initiative – that the organization agree to its military demobilization and to having no future involvement in the administration of Gaza. International Response Many Palestinians portrayed the organization's answer to the negotiation initiative as unanticipated, after days of signals that the faction was likely to refuse or at least significantly qualify its endorsement of Trump's peace plan proposal. Alternatively, the militant group omitted its customary boundaries in the formal declaration, a action many consider a sign of international influence. European and Middle Eastern officials have supported the proposal. The governing body, which governs areas of the Palestinian territories, has characterized the American initiatives as "sincere and determined" The Islamic Republic - which has been one of the organization's key backers for decades - has also recently indicated its backing of the American initiative. Current Situation Military strikes carried on in multiple areas of the Gaza Strip on recently before the talks beginning. Israeli forces is conducting an combat campaign in the metropolitan region, which it has declared is aimed at obtaining the release of the remaining hostages. An official representative, spokesman for the territory's civil protection agency, reported that "assistance vehicles have been allowed into Gaza City since the offensive began four weeks ago" "Victims remain we cannot access from areas under military occupation" he stated. Countless residents of the urban center have been required to leave after the defense forces required departures to a established protection region in the south, but hundreds of thousands more are considered to have persisted. The military official has warned that those who remain during the military operation would be "terrorists and supporters of terror" In the recent period, 21 individuals have been fatally injured in Gaza and a additional 96 harmed, the Hamas-run health ministry said in its most recent report. Foreign correspondents have been restricted by Israel from entering the Palestinian territory without supervision since the beginning of the hostilities, making authenticating statements from the conflicting groups challenging.