Israeli hostage negotiation team to fly to Doha to hold talks with Hamas on Sunday

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP

Published connected 04/07/2025 - 22:32 GMT+2•Updated 05/07/2025 - 20:40 GMT+2

Israeli media opportunity a determination was made to dispatch a delegation to nan Qatari capital, Doha, to clasp hostage woody talks pinch Hamas amid nan ongoing negotiated efforts and a US connection for a impermanent 60-day ceasefire.

The talks are aimed astatine "bridging nan gaps" betwixt nan 2 warring sides and travel aft Hamas announced connected Friday that it has fixed a “positive” consequence to nan latest connection for a ceasefire successful Gaza, aft deliberating pinch different Palestinian factions.

The group did nevertheless statement that further discussions were needed to work together to a model of implementation and iron-out details.

It was not clear if Hamas’ connection meant it had accepted nan connection from US President Donald Trump for a 60-day ceasefire. Hamas has been seeking guarantees that nan first truce would lead to a full extremity to nan war, now astir 21 months old.

In a connection issued precocious Friday, Hamas said it has “delivered nan consequence to nan mediators, which was positive.”

“The activity is fresh successful each seriousness to participate instantly into a information of negotiations connected nan system to instrumentality this framework,” it said, without elaborating.

Trump has been pushing difficult for a ceasefire woody betwixt Hamas and Israel to beryllium reached. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is owed to visit nan White House adjacent week to talk a woody pinch nan American president.

On Tuesday, Trump said that Israel had agreed connected position for a 60-day ceasefire successful Gaza - during which nan US would "work pinch each parties to extremity nan war." He past urged Hamas to judge nan woody earlier conditions worsen.

A Hamas charismatic said nan ceasefire could commencement arsenic early arsenic adjacent week but he said talks were needed first to activity retired really galore Palestinian prisoners would beryllium released successful return for each freed Israeli hostage and to specify nan magnitude of assistance that will participate Gaza during nan truce.

Hamas has said it wants assistance to travel successful greater quantities done nan United Nations and different humanitarian agencies. The charismatic said connected information of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk nan consequence pinch nan press.

Hamas' connection came arsenic Israeli airstrikes reportedly killed 15 Palestinians successful Gaza early connected Friday, while a section infirmary said different 20 group died successful shootings while seeking aid.

According to nan UN quality authorities office, astatine slightest 613 Palestinians person been killed wrong of a period while trying to get assistance successful Gaza. Most were reportedly killed arsenic they tried to scope nutrient distribution points tally by an Israeli-backed American organisation.