Egypt hosts conversations about the second phase of the agreement between Israel and Hamas

The authorities of Egypt have confirmed on Thursday the beginning of a series of conversations between delegations of Israel, Qatar and representatives of the United States to address the second phase of the high fire agreement between Israelis and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

“Interested parties have initiated intensive conversations to discuss the next stages of the high fire agreement, amid the ongoing efforts to guarantee the implementation of the agreed understandings,” said Egypt ‘information service in a statement.

In the conversations, which take place in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the parties will also address the ways in which you can improve the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip “in order to” relieve the suffering of the population and support stability in the region. ”

Hamas launched an unprecedented offensive against Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, in which he killed more than 1,200 people and took another 240 hostage. The Israel Army responded with a bloody military campaign in the Gaza Strip that leaves more than 48,300 dead, including thousands of Hamas members.

The parties reached in mid -January a high fire agreement in addition to the exchange of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. The first phase of the agreement concluded last morning and has served to deliver 33 hostages, eight of them dead, and Israel releases hundreds of prisoners.