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Gaza ceasefire talks suspended, attitudes of all parties show "temperature difference"

Wang Yijun

The ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip resumed on the 15th in Doha, the capital of Qatar, and were suspended on the 16th. They will resume in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, next week. Regarding this round of ceasefire negotiations, the parties expressed different views: the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) opposed the "new terms" proposed by Israel; Israel asked the mediator to put pressure on Hamas to force it to accept the ceasefire plan; the United States expressed cautious optimism.

The United States, Qatar and Egypt, mediators of the ceasefire negotiations, issued a joint statement on the 16th saying that the United States submitted a new plan based on the main points of the previous plan. The statement said that this plan would help bridge the differences between Israel and Hamas and help promote the rapid implementation of relevant consensus after the ceasefire agreement was reached.

The parties to this round of ceasefire talks included negotiators from Israel, the United States, Qatar and Egypt. Hamas did not send a representative to the meeting, and the mediator "delivered the message." Hamas expressed opposition to the "new terms" proposed by Israel in this round of negotiations.

According to reports from multiple media outlets, Hamas opposes things like the Israeli military's presence in the "Philadelphia Corridor" bordering the Gaza Strip and Egypt, and the Israeli military's control of a main traffic artery dividing the north and south areas of the Gaza Strip in order to screen whether there are Hamas members among the returning Palestinians.

According to Izzat Reshke, a senior Hamas member, Israel did not "adhere to what was agreed upon in previous rounds of negotiations" as the mediators had claimed.