A new day of negotiations has concluded in Cairo on Gaza and the ceasefire in the Strip. The Israeli delegation, headed by Mossad chief David Barnea and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, has returned to their country, as reported by Haaretz. The other delegations around the table were those of the United States, Qatar and Egypt, while Hamas was constantly informed by the mediators. However, according to the first rumors that have leaked, the parties seem to be far from an agreement again. Hamas rejects the new conditions desired by Israel to integrate the proposal negotiated until July 2, Osama Hamdan, a leader of the terrorist movement, said on television. Al-Aqsa Television. Nothing new under the sun, in short. According to the Hamas representative, the optimistic statements of the Americans cannot be attributed to anything other than the ongoing election campaign for the White House.
The critical context and disappointed hopes
The negotiations took place as tensions in the north reached their highest level since October 7, with Israel's preemptive operation to repel Hezbollah's planned attack on the Jewish state. In recent hours, the Saudi newspaper al-Hadath reported that the Egyptians had asked Israel to relinquish control of the border crossing during the first days of a possible ceasefire. Meanwhile, Egyptian mediators, in preparation for today's summit, have sought to narrow the distance between Israel and Hamas and pressure Tel Aviv to gradually eliminate its troop presence along the Philadelphi Highway, the buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt's Sinai. Officials in Cairo reportedly told Hamas that they agreed with its position rejecting any permanent Israeli presence along the border corridor.
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