{"id":16156,"date":"2024-02-28T00:46:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T00:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/israel-and-hamas-distance-themselves-from-bidens-optimism-on-gaza-ceasefire-deal\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T00:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T00:46:14","slug":"israel-and-hamas-distance-themselves-from-bidens-optimism-on-gaza-ceasefire-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/28\/israel-and-hamas-distance-themselves-from-bidens-optimism-on-gaza-ceasefire-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel and Hamas distance themselves from Biden\u2019s optimism on Gaza ceasefire deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Officials from Israel,\u00a0Hamas\u00a0and Qatar have cautioned against US President Joe Biden\u2019s\u00a0optimism that a hostage-for-ceasefire deal\u00a0in Gaza could be reached by the end of this week,\u00a0suggesting that differences remain as negotiators work to secure an agreement. <\/p>\n

Biden said Monday during an appearance at an ice cream shop in New York City that he\u00a0hoped\u00a0there would be a ceasefire in the\u00a0Israel-Hamas conflict\u00a0by \u201cnext Monday,\u201d as the death toll in Gaza approaches 30,000. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know on what basis he said it,\u201d the Israeli official said Tuesday, asking not to be named due to the sensitivity of the subject. The official said Israel was ready to make a deal under the right terms. <\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael will be ready to release [Palestinian] prisoners even today if conditions are met,\u201d the official said. <\/p>\n

Qatar, which along with the US is a key mediator in negotiations between Israel and Hamas, added further caution on Tuesday and hinted at a different timeline than that suggested by Biden. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf there was an agreement you would see me more in a cheered attitude,\u201d Majed Al-Ansari, a spokesperson for the Qatar Foreign Ministry, said Tuesday. \u201cBut until now we don\u2019t have an agreement and we\u2019re still working on negotiations on all fronts.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen a positive trajectory by the sheer fact that the meetings are taking place, but we have yet to reach a final agreement, where we can hopefully announce before the beginning of Ramadan a humanitarian pause that will ease the tension and would allow us to bring in more aid into Gaza and would allow us to deescalate.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ramadan is set to begin as early as the evening of March 10, a week after the date Biden said he hoped to see a resolution. <\/p>\n

Ansari said disagreements remain over \u201cnumbers, ratios and troop movements,\u201d without elaborating further. He is likely referring to the number of hostages released for Palestinian prisoners and the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from parts of Gaza. <\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly, we\u2019d welcome getting one by this weekend,\u201d Miller said. <\/p>\n

Reuters and Al Jazeera reported Tuesday that Hamas was reviewing a draft proposal for an initial ceasefire lasting roughly six weeks, during which 40 Israeli hostages would be exchanged for 400 Palestinian prisoners. <\/p>\n

Teams from the US, Egypt,\u00a0Israel\u00a0and\u00a0Qatar met in Paris on Friday and then in Qatar Monday. <\/p>\n

Those involved in the discussions have\u00a0previously\u00a0said an agreement would likely be implemented in multiple phases and once an initial deal is made it could lead to a truce lasting for as long as six weeks with a group of Israeli hostages released including women, children, the elderly and sick in exchange for a smaller number of Palestinian prisoners than Hamas had initially demanded. <\/p>\n

During a truce, negotiations would take place over more sensitive topics like the release of male Israeli soldiers who are hostages, Palestinian prisoners serving longer sentences, the withdrawal of IDF forces and bringing a permanent end to the war alongside the so-called \u201cday after\u201d issues. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, US National Security spokesman John Kirby said there was hope that a temporary ceasefire could lead to a \u201cbetter approach to end the conflict writ large.\u201d <\/p>\n

Referencing the previous week-long pause in fighting that took place at the end of November, Kirby said, \u201cWhat we\u2019re hoping for is much more aggressive than that. And as we\u2019ve said before, we also hope that if we can get that in place, and both sides can abide by it for the course of several weeks, maybe up to six, that maybe that could lead to something more in terms of a better approach to end the conflict writ large.\u201d <\/p>\n

Kirby said he believes \u201cwe are getting closer in a negotiation\u201d and hopeful it could \u201chappen in coming days\u201d but did not make any guarantees about that happening before Ramadan. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about trying to beat the clock to Ramadan. It\u2019s about trying to get these two sides to come to closure on a deal that again, would get all those hostages out and get them to get the fighting stopped,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Almost 30,000 people have died in Gaza since Israel waged war on Hamas on October 7, according to the health ministry in the enclave. <\/p>\n

At least 1.7 million Palestinians in Gaza have been forcibly displaced, according to\u00a0the UN. More than 1.3 million people have sought refuge in crammed shelters in the southern city of Rafah, where a looming Israeli ground assault has stirred panic among civilians \u2013 many of whom fled from fighting in the north. <\/p>\n\n

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