🔗 Share this article Palestinian Hamas and Israeli officials begin indirect discussions in the Egyptian city on Trump's Palestinian peace plan. News Agency Military operations persist in combat operations in the northern Gaza Strip for weeks. Indirect talks focused on achieving a lasting settlement on a American ceasefire proposal to stop the conflict in Gaza have commenced in the Red Sea resort of the negotiation site. Middle Eastern and regional officials have indicated that the discussions are concentrating on "establishing the groundwork" for a possible exchange that would see the freeing of all detained individuals in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners. The group stated it agrees to the peace plan proposals partially, but has failed to address several crucial requirements - particularly its military demobilization and future role in Gaza. The Israeli leader said on Saturday that he hoped to announce the liberation of detained individuals "shortly" Background Context The negotiations, which will see Egyptian and Qatari officials holding shuttle meetings with delegations from both Israel and Hamas separately, come on the approach of the second anniversary of the military operation on Israeli territories on 7 October 2023, in which nearly 1,200 people were lost their lives and 251 people were captured. The armed forces initiated operations in Gaza in countermeasure. From that point, approximately 67,160 have been fatally injured by Israeli military operations in Gaza, according to the area's medical administration. Proposal Framework The comprehensive proposal, which has been agreed upon by the Trump administration and the Netanyahu government, proposes an immediate end to fighting and the freeing of 48 detained individuals, only a portion are thought to be alive, in return for hundreds of incarcerated individuals. The framework requires that once the two parties accept the proposal "complete assistance will be quickly dispatched into the Palestinian territory" It also declares that the organization would have no role in administering the territory, and it allows for an future Palestinian sovereignty. Latest Updates In the latest development, the group answered to the proposal in a announcement, in which the group approved "to liberate all Israeli prisoners, both surviving and deceased, in accordance with the exchange formula outlined in the American plan" - if the required situation for the transfers are fulfilled. It did not specifically mention or accept the comprehensive proposal but said it "restates its approval to relinquish the governance of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of professionals, based on local agreement and Arab and Islamic support" The announcement made no mention of one of the essential conditions of the proposal – that the militant group consent to its weapons surrender and to ceasing political participation in the governance of Gaza. Global Perspectives Local residents described the group's reaction to the peace plan as unexpected, after multiple days of suggestions that the group was likely to refuse or at least significantly qualify its endorsement of Trump's peace plan proposal. Alternatively, Hamas omitted its customary boundaries in the official statement, a action many view as a sign of outside forces. International and regional leaders have welcomed the proposal. The governing body, which controls areas of the Palestinian territories, has described the US president's efforts as "authentic and resolute" The Islamic Republic - which has been one of Hamas's main sponsors for an extended period - has also currently expressed its support for the American initiative. Ongoing Reality Israeli bombardment continued in multiple areas of the Palestinian territory on Monday before the talks beginning. Defense personnel is carrying out an military operation in the city, which it has stated is designed to obtaining the freeing of the still-detained individuals. Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for Gaza's civil protection agency, indicated that "humanitarian convoys have been allowed into the urban center since the military operations started four weeks ago" "Victims remain we are unable to recover from areas under defense force authority" he stated. Hundreds of thousands of the urban center have been forced to flee after the armed services mandated relocations to a specified safe zone in the lower territory, but further countless people are considered to have persisted. The defense representative has admonished that those who persist during the offensive would be "terrorists and supporters of terror" In the previous day, 21 Palestinians have been fatally injured in Gaza and a further 96 injured, the regional health administration said in its most recent report. International journalists have been restricted by Israeli authorities from accessing the Palestinian territory independently since the commencement of the conflict, making verifying claims from all parties problematic.