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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will hold talks today with Israeli political leadership, who are expected to press for a new ceasefire that would allow the release of more hostages as the war between Israel and Hamas enters the month her fifth, writes CNN.
Five months, five tours to the Middle East for the head of the State Department.
Yesterday he was in Egypt and Qatar, the two countries that have taken a mediating role, before his plane arrived in Tel Aviv in the evening.
Hamas confirmed earlier yesterday that it had sent a response, without elaboration, to Cairo and Doha after reviewing a proposal for a new ceasefire drawn up in late January in Paris, during negotiations attended by its CIA director William Burns and representatives of Qatar, Egypt and Israel.
According to a US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Blinken was briefed on the Hamas response by Qatar's emir on Tuesday when they met in Doha.
According to an AFP source in the Palestinian Islamic movement, the proposal envisages three phases, the first of which would include a six-week ceasefire, the release of 200 to 300 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 35 to 40 hostages being held. in Gaza, too, as the entry of trucks with humanitarian aid.
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani said he was "optimistic" and described Hamas' response as "generally positive", adding that it contained "certain comments".
A joint statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office and the Mossad said the Hamas response was "passed" by Qatar to Israel's spy agency, which is "fully studying it". Netanyahu is expected to hold one-on-one talks with Blinken today, exactly four months after the conflict erupted.
The cause of this war was an unprecedented attack by the military wing of Hamas in the southern sectors of Israeli territory on October 7, which killed 1,163 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP report based on official statements by the authorities.
Meanwhile, American Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to visit Tirana on February 16.
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