A truce agreement between Hamas and Israel would have succeeded

Qatar, the mediating country between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas, said Tuesday that the main obstacles to a truce agreement in the Gaza Strip had been resolved during the latest discussions in Doha.

According to The Associated Press, the negotiations are reaching point-blank range.

Major issues “have been resolved during the talks over the past two weeks, and we have reached a point where the main issues that prevented the conclusion of an agreement have been resolved,” the Qatari ministry spokesperson said. of Foreign Affairs, Majed al-Ansari, during a press conference.

The agreement accepted by Hamas would include the release of around a thousand Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in exchange for 33 Israeli hostages, according to two Palestinian sources close to the negotiations led by Hamas. The Palestinian movement said in a statement that it had informed the Palestinian factions of the progress of the ongoing discussions in Doha, which are in “the final phase”, hoping that “this round of negotiations will end with a clear and complete agreement” .