Recently, negotiations are taking place in Doha, the capital of Qatar, between the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas and the Israeli regime. These negotiations have so far proceeded quickly and positively. Our correspondent in Gaza Huda Hegazi brings us more details.
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00:00Welcome back to From the South.
00:05Recently negotiations are taking place in Doha, the capital of Qatar, between the Palestinian
00:10Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas and the Israeli regime.
00:13These negotiations have so far proceeded quickly and positively.
00:18Our correspondent in Gaza, Huda Heghazi, brings us more details.
00:26In recent days, the negotiations taking place in Qatar's capital of Doha, between the Palestinian
00:32Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas and the Israeli regime, with the participation of
00:37intermediaries from Egypt and Qatar, as well as senior officials of the U.S. administration
00:43including the special envoy of future President Donald Trump and the special envoy of U.S.
00:48President Joe Biden, have been going quite fast and have evolved quite positively.
00:54According to several Israeli and Arab media, it was expected that the signing of the agreement
01:00would be officially proclaimed these days, either by the Hamas movement or by the Israeli
01:05regime.
01:06However, the final aspects are still under discussion.
01:11And today, the Qatari foreign minister announced at a press conference the latest developments
01:17in these negotiations.
01:19The minister assured that the two sides had advanced in a quite positive way and had reached
01:24an agreement on the main aspects of these negotiations.
01:29And apparently, in these last few days, the mediators have already drafted the last final
01:34proposal and have delivered it either to the Hamas movement or to the Israeli regime so
01:40that they accept it without any modification.
01:43And that will be the proposal that will be carried out and will be implemented in the
01:48moment in which they are accepted.
01:50And therefore, at this moment, as assured by the Qatari foreign ministry, the last aspects
01:56are being discussed in terms of moving from the first phase to the second phase, which
02:02would take place after 16 days of the implementation of this agreement, such as how would be the
02:09withdrawal of the Israeli army and the return of the Gazans to the northern part of the
02:14Gaza Strip.
02:16And therefore, there are still several aspects to discuss.
02:20But it was clearly assured that they are already in the last phase of these negotiations and
02:27at any moment the ceasefire can be proclaimed.
02:31But it is still unknown after the proclamation when its implementation will begin, as it
02:38can be after 12 hours, after 24 hours or even after 48 hours.
02:45However, and up to this moment, the news is quite positive and even the administration
02:51of the Rafah border crossing has already been informed that in the coming days it will open
02:56its doors, but it will not be for the passage of people.
03:01It will only be opened for the entry of humanitarian aid and fuel, also to be able to allow the
03:07wounded and the patients from the Gaza Strip to receive treatment abroad.
03:12And therefore, we can say that these hours are quite decisive.
03:16At any moment the ceasefire can be proclaimed and we will be waiting for the official declaration,
03:23either by the intermediaries or by the Hamas movement, as long as there is no last-minute
03:29inconvenience.
03:30However, there are still several extreme right-wing ministers in Netanyahu's cabinet, such as
03:36Idmar Ben-Givir, such as Besant Zelzmatrich, who are still not convinced of this proposal.
03:44They claim that this would be a defeat for Israel and a victory for Hamas, and they have
03:50even threatened Benjamin Netanyahu that if this proposal is accepted they would withdraw
03:56from the cabinet, and in that case we would be talking about the defeat and the destruction
04:02of Netanyahu's cabinet.
04:04And therefore, at this moment, even what Benjamin Netanyahu is doing, he is trying to convince
04:10these two ministers to accept this proposal so that it does not harm his cabinet, and
04:15therefore we can say that these hours are very decisive.