A leader of the Hamas movement said that talking about any deals to exchange prisoners without a comprehensive agreement on a ceasefire is completely unacceptable, and that there is consensus on it among the various levels of Hamas, stressing that the talk is about an Israeli proposal to release detainees in exchange for a long truce that will last for two months without a decision to cease-fire is unacceptable.

He explained that to begin any negotiations, they must start from the basis of a comprehensive ceasefire in its final stage, and not to resume fighting.

On the other hand, Egyptian sources familiar with Cairo’s movements related to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip said that the Egyptian role currently focuses more on perceptions after the end of the war, and that the Qatari mediator has become, at the present moment, more concerned with the perceptions and proposals of the prisoner exchange deal and the broad lines for cease-fire.

The sources revealed, in exclusive conversations with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, that the discussions that took place with US administration officials and the leadership of the Hamas movement during the past few days witnessed agreement on the necessity of associating the ceasefire decision with the scene on the day following the war, indicating that there is great agreement. Between the Hamas leadership and Egyptian officials to establish clear frameworks and mechanisms for reconstruction.

The sources pointed out that Egypt considers the Gaza reconstruction file a major priority for it after the war stops, since a ceasefire without an agreement on how to rehabilitate and rebuild the Strip will be like a time bomb ready to explode at any time, considering that the mechanisms and conditions for reconstruction, following the previous rounds of war, It no longer fits the status quo.

The same sources revealed a new development related to the presence of the Hamas movement on the scene, after the end of the war, saying that in light of the conviction that has been generated throughout the current war in the impossibility of eradicating the movement from the Gaza Strip, it would not be unlikely for it to participate in any unity government that will be formed after ending the outstanding matters with the Gaza Strip. 

Source: Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed