After Monday’s false leap, US President Joe Biden asked the leaders of Qatar and Egypt to “do everything possible” to obtain from Hamas the release of the hostages as part of negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza, the White House announced on Monday April 29. Representatives of Egypt, Qatar and Hamas met in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, but representatives of the Islamist movement left without giving a response to the proposal made. Follow our live stream.
Hamas is preparing its response. After a meeting Monday in Cairo with representatives of Egypt and Qatar, mediator countries with the United States, a Hamas delegation left the Egyptian capital for Doha to study a new truce offer, reported AFP a Source close to the Islamist movement. An answer will be given “as quickly as possible”according to this same Source.
What does the initial proposal for this new ceasefire contain? It includes a “40-day ceasefire” as well as “release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of these hostages”specified the head of British diplomacy David Cameron.
Washington hopes for a favorable response from Hamas. This is what the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken said on Monday. He describes the offer as“extraordinarily generous on the part of Israel”.
