In Paris, there is a draft agreement with Israel on the ceasefire and the release of hostages. “Now everything is in the hands of Hamas”

The talks “have been very good” and “significant progress” has been made. It is now up to Hamas to decide. Sources close to the negotiations, cited by Haaretz, speak of significant progress towards an agreement with Israel on the ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages. In the French capital are an Israeli delegation and American representatives, including CIA Director William Burns, from Qatar and Egypt. “An agreement can be reached before Ramadan. Any further progress – he added – is in the hands of Hamas. » Meanwhile, the Israeli army is intensifying its actions in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, several buildings were “transformed by Hamas into combat sites and soldiers found mortars and ammunition in UNRWA bags”, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Furthermore – still according to the same source – “Kalashnikov submachine guns, bullets, grenades, explosives, rocket launchers and means of communication” were found and confiscated.

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