The discussions of a high fire in Gaza have resumed in recent days.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said last week that Israel agreed to the conditions for a high fire of 60 days, and negotiators could meet to forge a path to finally end the war of almost 21 months in Gaza de Israel.
Hamas said he delivered a “positive response” to the mediators, with amendments, while the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called the Palestinian group, asks “unacceptable” but sent negotiators to the capital of Qatari, Doha, by conversations.
Netanyahu will visit Washington, DC, on Monday, where reports say Trump would like an agreement.
“There could be a Gaza agreement next week,” Trump told journalists on Saturday, adding that he had not yet been informed about Hamas' counterproposal, but that it was “good” that they had responded.
Here is everything you need to know:
What is Hamas asking for?
According to reports, there are three main demands:
The end of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)
At least 743 Palestinians have been killed in search of help at GHF sites in Gaza in recent weeks.
At the end of June, the Haaretz newspaper reported that Israeli soldiers were deliberately shot at unarmed people waiting for food.
Humanitarians have repeatedly said that they can distribute help and food to the Palestinians in Gaza and have criticized the GHF to promote Israel's political agenda.
“It makes the help conditional to political and military objectives,” said Tom Fletcher, United Nations Humanitarian Chief in May.
“It makes hunger a negotiation chip. It is a cynical secondary show … a fig tree for greater violence and displacement.”
Israeli military retreats
Hamas wants the Israeli army to retire to the positions he occupied before violating the high fire in March this year.
In May, the Israeli army began new extended terrestrial operations in Gaza, killing hundreds of Palestinians, to take the “operational control” of large stripes of the Strip.
The Israeli army had already created the Netzarim corridor, which divides the Gaza Strip in the sectors of the north and southern, shortly after launching the war, and in April, Netanyahu announced the creation of the Morag corridor in the South Gaza Strip.
International guarantees for the end of war
In March, Israel unilaterally broke a high fire that had been agreed in January, despite the conditions that the high fire remains on the Palestinian side.
This time, Hamas and other Palestinian groups want international guarantees that this will not be repeated.
According to reports, Hamas wants a guarantee of the United States that Israeli air attacks and land operations, which have killed thousands of Palestinians, do not resume even if the high fire ends without a permanent purpose for war.
What does the original proposal backed by the US say?
According to reports, there is a key approach to the remaining Israeli captives in Gaza.
The plan is to release 10 live Israeli captives held by Hamas and the bodies of another 18 in exchange for Palestinians housed in Israeli prisons. The launch would be staggered for several days.
Fifty captives are still in Gaza, with approximately 20 according to living reports.
On the issue of aid, the UN and the International Red Cross Committee would contribute to distributing sufficient amounts to the Palestinians.
Finally, it requires extraction in phases of Israeli troops from parts of Gaza.
What does Israel say?
According to reports, Netanyahu agreed to the original proposal of the United States, but has described the amendments of Hamas as “unacceptable.”
He has said that war will not end until all the captives are released and Hamas is “destroyed.” The last objective has been called impossible by many analysts and it is believed to be an open political objective for Netyahu to continue war while creating that it will serve its personal interests.
Netanyahu is in trial for corruption and is still widely guilty of Israeli society for the security failures that led to the flood operation of Al-Aqsa de Hamas on October 7, 2023, during which 1,139 people died in Israel and around 250 were captive.
Analysts believe that Netanyahu wants to continue the war of retaliation against Gaza until he can obtain enough political influence to dismiss cases against him and generate enough popular support to remain the leader of Israel.
The Netanyahu War has been supported by its extreme right ministers, particularly Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, and Bezalel Smotrich, the Minister of Finance. They want Israel's military operations to intensify to kill more Palestinians and stop providing help to besieged and hungry people in Gaza.
How is the life of the Palestinians in the meantime?
Israel is still launching mortal attacks against Gaza, with at least 138 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
In occupied Bank, excavators are demolishing houses, and Israel has killed more than 1,000 people since October 7, 2023.
People in the West Bank also suffer recurring attacks of Israeli soldiers and armed settlers of illegal settlements, as well as severe limitations in movement and access to livelihoods.
What are the possibilities that a deal is achieved?
Trump seems to be interested in reaching one, and the Palestinians in Gaza are desperate because Israeli attacks cease.
However, there is an important obstacle.
“Israel and Netanyahu are not interested in reaching a high fire,” said Adnan Hayajneh, professor of international relations at the University of Qatar, Al Jazeera, and added that there is a “very thin opportunity” of a high fire.
“What Israel wants is clear … a land without people,” said Hayajneh. “So the Palestinians receive three options … of hunger to death … They are killed … [or] Leave the earth, but the Palestinians have shown so far that they will not leave the earth, whatever happens. “
