Hamas has accepted the ceasefire agreement with Israel. This fact was announced by the Reuters News Agency, according to which the next 24 hours will be essential for the final approval of the agreement.
Israeli media sources close to Hamas quote Mohammed Sinwar, the younger brother of Hamas leader Yahya, as making the final decision on the Palestinian militant group.
"It looks like we are heading towards an agreement: Israel has been very flexible in recent days on a number of issues, but we are waiting for Hamas' response and only then will we be sure," an Israeli official told Reuters.
In a recently released memo, Hamas tells Palestinian prisoners that "they are close to their release." The Gaza terrorist organization posted the same phrase on its Telegram channel shortly after the note.
Mediators gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal on Monday to end the war in Gaza, an official briefed on the negotiations said. The official said the text for a ceasefire and the release of hostages was presented by Qatar to both sides at talks in Doha, which included the heads of Israel's Mossad and Shin Bet spy agencies and Qatar's prime minister.
For Benjamin Netanyahu's allies in the government, the agreement with Hamas will be a disaster.
"The deal that is taking shape is a disaster for the national security of the State of Israel. We will not be part of a surrender deal that would include the release of top terrorists, a halt to the war and the dismantling of its hard-earned gains. much blood, and abandoning many hostages," said Israel's Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich.
"Negotiations on some core issues have made progress and we are working to conclude what remains soon," a Hamas official told Reuters on Monday, asking not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue. Meanwhile, a Palestinian official close to the talks told Reuters that the information from Doha was "very promising," adding: "The gaps are narrowing and there is a big push towards an agreement if everything goes well until the end."
The United States, Qatar and Egypt have been working for more than a year on talks to end the war in Gaza, so far to no avail.
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