Negotiations stall over Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand for an Israeli presence on Egypt-Gaza border
Hamas has sent a delegation to Cairo to be briefed on progress in peace talks, but an official from the group said it would not participate directly in the negotiations it had been boycotting for the past 10 days.
Hamas has rejected any such presence, saying it contravenes a three-stage peace plan announced by Joe Biden at the end of May, and later endorsed by the UN security council, which ultimately envisages a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.on the grounds that the proposal has been fundamentally changed, and it has rejected US claims that it has backed away from the agreement.
The prime minister insists that an Israeli presence in the Philadelphi corridor is essential to prevent arms smuggling to Hamas from. The government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, has argued, however, that it has taken rigorous action against the smuggling and the cross-border smuggler tunnels and that an Israeli presence would raise questions about Egyptian sovereignty and territorial integrity.
As the talks continue in Cairo, Israel has kept up its military campaign, now in its 11th month, triggered by a Hamas surprise attack on southern Israel on 7 October, which killed nearly 1,200 people, while another 250 were taken hostage. More than 100 hostages are still in Gaza but many of them are feared dead.
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