The United Nations was prevented from accessing the Rafah crossing by the Israeli authorities

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This is the opportunity to evaluate the talks between Israel and Hamas. After the first ceasefire in November, which lasted a week and allowed the release of 105 Israeli hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian detainees, Egyptian and Qatari mediation is trying to reach a new agreement, without success so far.

However, on Monday evening, and contrary to all expectations, Hamas announced that it had accepted the ceasefire proposal presented by the mediators. The details of this proposal are not yet known, but Hamas later stated the goal of a permanent ceasefire. On Tuesday night, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it would send a delegation to Cairo on Tuesday. “ Hoping to reach an agreement for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in return [la libération de] Prisoners and hostages ».

Earlier on Monday, an Israeli official said that the Jewish state was also studying the proposal, which Hamas had accepted. “This is not the framework we agreed upon.”But he made it clearer. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced the sending of a delegation to the mediators. But the bombing on Rafah did not stop“Exerting military pressure” On the Islamic movement.

It is still too early to know how the negotiations will develop. It seems that Israel, with its announcement on Monday evening of sending a delegation, wants to go after them, but Hamas, like the Qatari and Egyptian mediators, warned that invading Rafah would derail diplomatic efforts.