Urgent.. The White House: Israel and Hamas are close enough to reaching an agreement

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that negotiations on a ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages are continuing, and she claimed that Israel and Hamas are close enough to reaching an agreement that they can bridge the gaps, stressing that “Biden” He trusts his team to help in the negotiations.. according to what was reported by Reuters.

The White House: The gaps can be closed

The American Wall Street Journal reported: Hamas proposed new changes to the response it submitted yesterday, and the White House said “The gaps can be closed.”

The American newspaper said that the mediators in the negotiations are trying to reduce the gaps, in light of the great pessimism following Hamas’ answer: After the meetings held today, Wednesday, CIA Director Bill Burns during his visit to Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

At the same time, American officials told the Wall Street Journal: Since Hamas announced on Monday its “approval” To the proposed deal for the release of the hostages and a ceasefire – which is different from the one agreed to by Israel – Hamas proposes "several amendments" The negotiations have become more intense.

According to a senior Israeli official, ynet" " Al-Abri said that the Israeli negotiating delegation decided to remain in Cairo, in order to make great efforts to complete a prisoner exchange deal with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, despite Hamas’ proposal, which it says includes “shocking things that cannot be agreed upon.”

According to the Hebrew website The head of the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad, said: Dede Barnia said that the Israeli negotiating delegation remained in Cairo to try to “exhaust”, as he put it, the negotiations with Hamas regarding the prisoner deal and the ceasefire.

Dede Barnia claimed that the proposal presented by Hamas is unacceptable, as it goes beyond everything Red lines and no progress is allowed. Despite this, the negotiating team will continue to work in Cairo to try to narrow the gaps, and make a great effort to try to promote reaching an agreement, as he put it, and although the delegation did not obtain a new mandate, this does not constitute an obstacle to communications.

The head of the Mossad said: “There is no problem with the mandate, as the team has been given full authorization to manage the negotiations, and it has a long rope to move in the face of impossible circumstances from any angle – and this is not just the ceasefire clause.” But this is in all respects, they want to prove that they can make the decision in the middle of the deal to release the bodies and not the people who live in this category.

In addition, Al-Arabiya channel said: Today, the current round of negotiations in Cairo – to which a delegation from Hamas also arrived – appears to have ended. The Israeli official. The sources mentioned in the report revealed that the mediators are now waiting for “answers from Hamas and Israel.” Third, Hamas refuses. Another report published by Al-Hadath channel stated: “Hamas has requested guarantees that Israel will not continue to control the Rafah crossing in the future.

A Hamas delegation will leave Cairo in the evening to consult with the Palestinian side.”

The leadership demanded new amendments to the proposal presented by the negotiating mediators, and the points of disagreement increased after Israel entered Rafah and seized the crossing, and Israel insists on the presence of international oversight inside Gaza, and Hamas rejects that.

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