Israel and enthusiasm start indirect talks in Gaza in Egypt in Egypt

Jerusalem – Israel and enthusiasm began indirect talks about a plan to end The war in Gaza.

An Egyptian official said, on the condition that his identity was not disclosed because he was not allowed to publicly talk about the talks-at the Associated Press that the talks started in the Sharm El Sheikh resort on Monday.

The state -owned Al -Qaeda TV station reported that the talks started with a meeting between the Hamas delegation and the Arab mediators, who were expected to meet later with an Israeli delegation.

The negotiators were expected to discuss the 20 -point President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, which erupted two years ago, on October 7, by the terrorist attack led by Hamas on Israel. Mr. Trump presented his plan during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday.

Hamas – which was appointed as a terrorist organization by the United States and Israel and many other countries – issued a statement on Friday saying that it had approved some of the main points in the plan, including the launch of all the remaining hostages and living, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. She also said that she agreed to hand over Gaza’s control to a transitional international body.

But Hamas did not immediately agree to other points in the suggestion of Mr. Trump, including some related to disarmament and future role in Palestinian politics.

On Sunday, Mr. Trump urged negotiators to “move quickly” in the talks, and called on the continuous discussions between Hamas and other countries in the region about the suggestion of the ceasefire “very successful.” He said they were “walking quickly.”

“The technical teams will meet on Monday, in Egypt, to work and clarify the final details,” said Mr. Trump. “I was told that the first stage must be completed this week, and I ask everyone to move quickly. I will continue to monitor this” conflict “for centuries. Time is the essence, or, you will decipher blood – something that no one wants to see!”

On Monday, the Israeli hostage family forum, which represents most of the families of the missing, sent a letter to the Nobel Prize committee urging them to grant the Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. Trump because of his “fixed commitment and his extraordinary leadership” in searching for a deal to bring the remaining prisoners home.

The forum said that Mr. Trump was supporting Nobel “with hearts full of gratitude and a deep feeling of huge urgency,” praised “the president’s determination to bring peace.”

“At this particular moment, President Trump’s comprehensive plan to launch all the remaining hostages and
Finally, this terrible war ends on the table, “The forum says in its message.” For the first time in months, we hope our nightmare will finally end. We are confident that he will not rest until another hostage is brought to the house, the war ended, and peace and prosperity are restored to the people of the Middle East. “

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Egypt said The talks will focus on “the creation of the humanitarian and logistical conditions necessary to implement the exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.”

According to Mr. Trump’s suggestion, the stock exchange will witness 48 Israeli hostages. Israeli officials believe that about 20 of them are still alive. After that, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who are being held by Israel will be released. Among these prisoners, 250 provisions are spent for life and 1700 from Gaza and were arrested after the October 7 attack.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Egypt said that the talks will also address the details of the operation in line with the plan proposed by US President Donald Trump, which aims to end the war and alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Amid signs of a possible agreement, Israeli strikes continued on Sunday in Gaza, although CBS sources said that there was less than before the proposal of Mr. Trump was announced. The Israeli Defense Army said that it was “hitting and spending an armed terrorist cell with explosive devices and mortar shells that were aimed at using them in terrorist attacks against the IDF forces in the Gaza City area.”

“Some bombings have already stopped inside the Gaza Strip,” said an Israeli government spokesman on Sunday.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio told CBS News, “The nation faced,” on Sunday that the Israeli bombing in Gaza would need to stop until the remaining hostages are released.

“I will give it a 50 % shot of occurrence, because both sides feel pressure to accomplish this matter. Israel feels pressure from the United States, and Hamas feels pressure from Qatar, from Turkey, from Egypt, from Jordan, and from Saudi Arabia,” said a former Israeli diplomat Alon Benons News on Monday, with the stage of reference to the potential hostess. “As for the rest of the plan, the probability decreases from 50 % to 10 %. I only doubt that this will happen. Until this stage it will be vague and unpracting, and I do not see it running smoothly.”

Ohhad bin Ami, who was captured by Hamas during the October 7 attack and was released in a prisoner’s exchange in February, said he was enthusiastic about an agreement.

“It seems that there is hope,” Bin Amy said during the weekend at an event. He added this, I was betrayed by the government of Israel.

“I love my country, I love people, but our government is separate. And yet, I have a feeling of insult. I feel that they have abandoned me,” he said.

During his time in captivity, Bin Amy was first detained over the ground in a series of apartments in Gaza before moving to a large tunnel network of Hamas under the Palestinian territories, where he said that he and the other hostages were in harsh conditions and did not give enough to eat.

Bin Amy said at the Sunday event: “I am here with you. I am talking and talking, but in my opinion, I am there.” “Until they return, all the 48 (the remaining hostages), I cannot live. I am still hostage. I am a free man, but not in my soul.”

Associated Press

He contributed to this report.