Egypt awaits responses to a proposal to end the war... and a new mass exodus in central Gaza

The Hamas movement announced that it had agreed with other Palestinian factions on a “national solution” based on the formation of a “unity government,” adding that the Palestinian factions expressed their rejection of the Israeli and Western post-war scenarios in Gaza.

The movement explained, in a statement yesterday (Thursday), that it and the other factions, namely: the “Islamic Jihad Movement,” the “Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,” the “Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command,” and the “Democratic Front,” agreed to submit several proposals. Among them is “a call for an inclusive and binding national meeting that includes all parties without exception, to implement what was agreed upon in previous national dialogues.” The factions also agreed to “develop and strengthen the Palestinian political system on democratic foundations through general elections (presidential, legislative council, and national council), according to the full proportional representation system in free, fair, and transparent elections in which everyone participates, in a way that rebuilds internal relations on the foundations and principles of the National Coalition.” And the national partnership.

The five Palestinian factions held a meeting in Beirut and also stressed “the necessity of a final ceasefire and all acts of Zionist aggression, and the withdrawal of the occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, as a condition before carrying out a prisoner exchange on the basis of all for all.”

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is expected to begin a new tour in the region, which will be his fourth since the outbreak of the war, while Egyptian-Qatari mediation efforts continue to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Strip.

Diaa Rashwan, head of the Egyptian Information Service, said in a statement yesterday, “Egypt confirms that it has not yet received any responses to the proposed framework from any of the concerned parties, and when the responses are received, the proposal will be elaborated in detail and announced in full to public opinion.” Without giving details. However, Egyptian security sources said earlier that the proposal includes a ceasefire in several stages, and that the idea of managing Gaza after the war had been raised.

In addition, yesterday, tens of thousands of families were displaced again in the midst of a new mass exodus in central Gaza, as Israel escalated its attack on areas crowded with those expelled from the northern Gaza Strip.