International mediators hosted a new round of talks this Thursday in Doha to try to promote a ceasefire in Gaza, which is perceived as the best hope to stop an escalation of the conflict. Israeli attacks have already killed more than 40,000 Palestinians.
The White House confirmed the reassignment this Thursday of a new round of talks in Doha aimed at stopping the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The negotiations, which will also focus on securing the release of dozens of hostages, are expected to spreaduntil friday.
USA, Qatar y Egypt They were scheduled to meet with an Israeli delegation in Doha starting this Thursday, while the fatalities of the attacks launched by Israel on Gaza during the ten months of war they already exceed the 40.000.
An official Palestinian source indicated that Hamas would not participate in Thursday’s talks, but that his leaders residing in Qatar are willing to discuss any proposal from the mediatorsas they have done in previous rounds.
An opportunity to avoid further regional escalation of the conflict
And cease-fire in Gaza probably would calm tensions throughout the region and could convince Iran already Hezbollah to refrain from launching attacks of retaliation against Israel after the death of a top commander of the Lebanese Shiite group in an Israeli airstrike and assassination of Hamas political leader in an explosion in Tehran.
The mediators have passed months trying to develop a three-phase plan in which Hamas would release dozens of hostages captured in the October 7 attack that sparked the war, in exchange for a lasting ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the release of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
Both sides have to some extent accepted the plan, which the American president, Joe Bidenannounced on May 31. But Hamas has proposed “amendments” and Israel has suggested “clarifications”which has led each party to accuse the other of making new demands that it cannot accept.
