Gaza officials: Significant progress has been made in contacts with Israel • At the same time, negotiations are underway to return the late Goldin and Saul and the captive Israelis • Evaluation: "No deal possible before the elections"
Haniyeh and Sinwar // Photos: Reuters, AP
זה Senior officials in Gaza confirm that significant progress has been made in indirect talks between Israel and Hamas for a regulation in the Gaza Strip, mediated by senior Egyptian intelligence officials. Negotiations are also underway on the prisoners.
According to Palestinian sources, the recent visit by Egyptian intelligence officials in Israel and Gaza - during which they met with senior security officials in Israel and Hamas officials in Gaza - was conducted to remove barriers and disagreements that emerged in contacts with the regulation, including continued employment initiatives for Gaza residents and their project staff. .
According to senior Hamas sources in Gaza, in addition to contacts in the Gaza Strip negotiated by the Egyptian realtors, secret negotiations between Israel and Hamas are being held on the possibility of reaching a deal that will allow the bodies of IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and the late Israeli civilian to be returned to Israel. The prisoners Abra Mengistu and Hisham a-Side. A Hamas official in Gaza said Israel's agreement to increase to 7,000 the number of Palestinian merchants allowed to move to Israel, as well as further easing of the Gaza Strip approved in recent days, is directly linked to progress achieved between Israel and Hamas.
According to Hamas sources, increasing the number of merchants allowed to enter Israel is part of the formula offered by Israel to Hamas through the middlemen, according to which Hamas will remove its demand for the release of hundreds of prisoners, including murderers with blood on their hands - and in return Israel will increase the number of Gazan merchants allowed to enter it and not resist the electorate. Minors. According to those Palestinian sources, Hamas did not reject the proposal, and in the framework of confidence-building measures, Israel will begin increasing the number of permits for Palestinian businessmen and other relief, and in return Hamas will act to stop the explosion of balloons and to curb violent provocations at the border.
A Hamas official told Israel Today: "Yahya Sinwar and his people are motivated to advance the regulation and even reach a formula that will allow a bargain. The fact that Ismail Haniyeh's political bureau is not in the Strip significantly reduces opposition to the contacts, and Israel wants to try to maximize this situation to bring about the business. Exchange is coming in the next few days. " However, according to Hamas officials, the possibility that the parties will reach a bargain even before the election is nil.