“POINTS OF DIVERGENCE”
The warfare began with Hamas’s Oct 7 assault on southern Israel that resulted within the deaths of 1,195 folks, principally civilians, in keeping with an AFP tally based mostly on Israeli figures.
The militants seized 251 hostages, 116 of whom stay in Gaza, together with 42 the army says are lifeless.
Israel responded with a army offensive that has killed no less than 38,193 folks in Gaza, additionally principally civilians, in keeping with figures from the territory’s well being ministry.
Qatar has been engaged in months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, with assist from Egypt and the USA, in efforts to succeed in a truce and and an alternate of hostages for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Hamas signalled final week that it might drop its insistence on a “full” ceasefire, a requirement Israel has repeatedly rejected.
Netanyahu’s workplace reiterated Sunday that “any deal will permit Israel to return and combat till all of the objectives of the warfare are achieved”, together with the destruction of Hamas.
A Palestinian official with data of the talks advised AFP that whereas a Hamas delegation would participate in oblique talks with Israel, there have been a number of “factors of divergence”.
The official mentioned these included Israel’s refusal to launch some Palestinian prisoners serving lengthy sentences, and questions on when Israel would withdraw from areas alongside Gaza’s southern border with Egypt.