27/2/2025–|Last update: 27/2/202504:28 AM (Mecca time)
The American Wall Street Journal revealed that brokers are currently trying to extend the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. This comes in the light of the exchange process of the last night as part of the first step, while the fate of the next step, which aims to end the war, is always clear.
The Israel Broadcasting Corporation spoke of contacts between the United States and Israel to extend the first phase of the exchange agreement for several weeks.
Authority added that the brokers set a goal, which is the continuous ceasefire during Ramadan, which means extending the first step.
He declared that Israel is considering the release of more Israeli prisoners in exchange for the withdrawal of the Philadelphia axis.
The commission had previously cited an Israeli official that no decision had yet been made, if Israel would begin to withdraw from the Philadelphia axis under the cease-fire agreement.
The official said that the decision to withdraw from the Philadelphia axis is linked to whether the cease-fire will be extended because Israel and the United States would like it.
The Authority for the broadcasting recalled that the agreement stipulates the start of the withdrawal of the army from the axis of Philadelphia on the last day of the agreement, that is to say next Saturday.
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In turn, the Israeli Channel 12 said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon be a meeting to make a decision to send a negotiation team to Doha or Cairo.
The chain said that the mandate granted to the negotiation team will be limited to providing an incentive to the continuous liberation of prisoners, noting that Washington and Tel Aviv have agreed to connect the continuous ceasefire and the entry to help release more detainees.
The chain said Netanyahu had agreed with Washington to go to negotiations after the end of the first stage.
Meanwhile, American president Donald Trump said that Israel will have to make decisions on the second stage of the agreement, stressing that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip “is a decision that Israel must make.”
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“President Trump will not again accept old political recipes that have not succeeded in the Middle East.”
While Wittouf underlined the need for a better way to manage Gaza “which was rebuilt 3 or 4 times”, he stressed that “Hamas cannot be part of a structure of a decision in Gaza, and it is a red line for us and Israel”.
The American envoy said that Israel will send a Doha or Cairo team to negotiate, and that he will visit the region next Sunday “if things are going positively”.
Wittakouf expressed his hope of putting the second stage in the negotiation of the correct path and freeing prisoners.
He said that the regional’s United States partners want stability and understand that the continuation of the war is unacceptable, noting that “Israel is recruiting people at the age of 50, which affects its economy”.
Source :: Al Jazeera + Agencies + Israeli press + Wall Street Journal