According to reuters, Al Jazeera and other media reports, two egyptian security sources said last sunday (25) in cairo, gaza ceasefire talks did not reach any agreement, neither the Hamas nor the israelis agreed to the compromise offered by the mediators.
Black smoke rises from a residential building in nusselat, central gaza strip, after an israeli air strike
Reuters says israel’s desire to maintain control of the“philadelphia corridor” is one of the sticking points in current cease-fire talks. According to egyptian sources, the mediation has proposed some alternative solutions to try to resolve the differences between the two sides over israel’s military presence in the“philadelphia corridor” and the nezarim corridor, which straddles the central gaza strip, neither side accepted.
According to xinhua news agency, “philadelphia corridor” refers to the gaza strip and egypt along the 14 km strip. In 2007, hamas gained control of the gaza strip, and then control of the“philadelphia corridor.”. Israel sees the“philadelphia corridor” as a conduit for weapons smuggling by hamas. Since the new israeli-palestinian conflict erupted in october, the israeli prime minister has repeatedly Benjamin Netanyahu that the “philadelphia corridor” must be controlled to ensure the demilitarisation of the gaza strip after the war. On may 29, israel said it had“complete operational control” of the“philadelphia corridor.”.
The source added that israel also had reservations about Hamas’s demand for the release of several palestinian detainees. And israel demands that the detainees, once released, must leave gaza.
According to a Al Jazeera report on the 25th, there is no sign of a breakthrough in the current negotiations on resolving the differences between israel and hamas.
The report also said hamas blamed israel for the lack of progress in negotiations and accused the israeli prime minister of Benjamin Netanyahu new conditions and not taking the ceasefire agreement seriously, insisting that even if an agreement is reached, the war in gaza will continue until hamas is completely defeated.
Since the outbreak of the palestinian-israeli conflict, israel and hamas have conducted multiple rounds of negotiations mediated by the united states, egypt and qatar, cctv news reported. In july, hamas agreed to a cease-fire based on a security council resolution; since then, israel has proposed new conditions. A new round of gaza ceasefire talks 15 in the qatari capital doha, 16 suspended, 24 and resumed in the egyptian capital cairo; as of now, the ceasefire agreement still bleak prospects.