Islamic Jihad announces it will also travel to Egypt to discuss a ceasefire in Gaza
An Islamic Jihad delegation plans to travel to Cairo as part of talks on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, that organization announced on Wednesday. This Palestinian militia thus joins the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who traveled to the Egyptian capital this Wednesday to take part in the negotiations for a second ceasefire in the Israeli offensive, which will facilitate a new prisoner exchange and the entry of humanitarian aid stripes.
The mission will travel to Cairo “in the coming days” at the invitation of Egypt to discuss “a prisoner exchange agreement” and “stop Israel's aggression” in the Palestinian Strip, Islamic Jihad stressed in a statement.
The exchange of hostages still held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israel must be based on the “all for all principle” and led by the Islamist group Hamas, he emphasized.
Islamic Jihad is a radical Palestinian organization considered terrorist by Israel, the United States and the European Union, operating in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.
Hamas warned on Tuesday that it would not negotiate the release of hostages as long as Israel's military offensive in Gaza continued, but said it was “open to any initiative that contributes to ending the aggression against our people.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured on Tuesday that he was working to promote “a process of liberation” of the hostages, while Israeli President Isaac Herzog said his country was “ready” for another ceasefire that would allow the hostages to be released hostages. . A ceasefire was in effect between November 24 and December 1, allowing the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian women and minors imprisoned in Israel. There are still 129 people in the hands of Hamas and other militias, of whom at least twenty are feared dead. (EFE)