The Israeli-Jewish Conflict: A Breakdown of the “Phased” Resolution of the Israeli-Israeli Interacting Traces of Nuclear Forces

The person told me that the U.S. President-elect’s envoy was pressing the Israelis to accept the agreement while the mediation from the Gulf country ofQatar was putting renewed pressure on Hamas. Witkoff recently joined the negotiations and has been in the region in recent days.

Asked about the talks at a press conference, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said “progress has been made, and I hope that within a short time we will see things happening. But it’s still to be proven.

Under discussion now is a phased ceasefire. Netanyahu has repeatedly signaled that he is committed only to the first phase, a partial hostage release in exchange for a weekslong halt in fighting. There is a possibility of a lasting ceasefire and other issues after the first phase. Hamas has demanded a full withdrawal and complete end to the war, and is hoping that this first phase will lead to that outcome.

Biden’s outgoing ambassador to Israel, Jacob J. Lew, told NPR on Friday that the unpredictability of Trump, and concerns about what his administration would do if a deal is not reached, are driving the momentum.

Two far-right groups in Netanyahu’s coalition threatened to leave the government if Israel made too many concessions. The hardliners could cause instability down the road if they anger Netanyahu enough and they refuse to approve a hostage release.

Netanyahu is hoping that the prospect of a Trump administration — which includes allies of the West Bank settler movement — will persuade his partners to remain in the government.

David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad foreign intelligence agency, and Biden’s top Mid East adviser, brett McGurk, were in the same city. Barnea’s presence meant high-level Israeli officials who would need to sign off on any agreement are once again involved in the talks.

Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, said McGurk has been working on final details for a text that would be presented to both sides. He did not say if a deal could be reached by the 20th.

The United Nations High-Redshift Project. Palestinians and Israelis are in a “tidal phase” of the Gaza Campaign

He said that they were very close. “Yet being very close still means we’re far, because until you actually get across the finish line, we’re not there.”

Israel’s campaign in Gaza has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians, the majority women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry, whose count doesn’t give a breakdown between fighters and civilians. Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people and abducted around 250 others in the attack that ignited the war.

There are about 100 hostages in the Gaza Strip that families of them are trying to get home. Israelis rallied again Saturday night in Tel Aviv, with photos of hostages on display.

In Gaza, Palestinians were tempering their hopes for a stop to Israel’s campaign, which has devastated much of the territory and driven around 90% of its 2.3 million people from their homes.

“We hear that there are negotiations every day, but we see nothing,” said Mazen Hammad, a resident of the southern city of Khan Younis. We believe there is a truce when we see it on the ground.

The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross went to Israel and Gaza over the weekend to meet with officials in anticipation of a new deal after the last hostage-prisoner exchange less than a year ago.

Israel is cooperating with Trump on speeding the deal because it wants him to help with Saudi Arabia’s relations with Iran and the possible attack on Tehran’s nuclear program.

A Hamas official, who was not authorized to speak to the media, told NPR that Hamas is seeking to demonstrate flexibility by proposing several possible options to resolve each point of contention.

Qaddura Fares, who heads the main advocacy group in the Israeli-occupied West Bank for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and who is in Qatar on the sidelines of the talks, told NPR that Israel is discussing the release of three groups of prisoners.

Had Israel be captured by the Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023 and not released by the Trump inauguration: the fear of the unknown

Lew said that there was a fear of the unknown, in regards to what the new administration would do. There is no daylight between the incoming administration and the outgoing administration in terms of wanting a hostage deal now, and pressing all parties to make concessions that are appropriate to reach that.

President-elect Trump has repeatedly warned that if the hostages captured from Israel by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023, and held in Gaza aren’t released by his inauguration, there would be “hell to pay.”