MADRID 11 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The envoy of the president-elect of the United States for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, travels to Israel to try to close a ceasefire agreement with Hamas and put a provisional end to the Gaza war at a time when the positions seem to be closer than never.
A few hours ago, a senior Hamas official, on condition of anonymity, assured the Qatari newspaper ‘Al Araby al Yadid’ that the mediators had reached a preliminary agreement while waiting for the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, to give his approval. to the initial text and send to Doha (Qatar) the head of Israel’s Foreign Intelligence Services, David Barnea, to close the final text with incorporated amendments.
Right now, both sides agree on a ceasefire in exchange for the release of a number of hostages held by Palestinian militias. Israel would not fully withdraw from the so-called Philadelphia Corridor, along the Gaza-Egypt border, until the last day of the final phase of the agreement, after gradually withdrawing its forces during the previous two stages.
Witkoff, Donald Trump’s representative for the region, met yesterday in Doha with the Qatari Prime Minister, Mohamed bin Abdulrraman Al Zani, and will meet today with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, according to sources from the ‘Times of Israel’.