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Third-party negotiations focused on achieving a comprehensive deal on a US peace plan to end the war in Gaza have begun in the Egyptian city of the Egyptian resort town.

Palestinian and Egyptian officials have stated that the meetings are concentrating on "preparing the environment" for a possible exchange that would see the liberation of all detained individuals in compensation of a group of Palestinian prisoners.

Officials declared it accepts the negotiation framework partially, but has failed to address several crucial requirements - particularly its disarmament and future role in Gaza.

Israel's prime minister said on the weekend that he anticipated declaring the freeing of detained individuals "in the coming days"

Background Context

The negotiations, which will feature Middle Eastern officials facilitating discussions with representatives from both the conflicting parties individually, come on the eve of the two-year mark of the armed assault on Israeli territories on October 7th, in which nearly 1,200 people were fatally wounded and 251 others were seized.

The armed forces began military actions in Gaza in retaliation. From that point, 67,160 have been lost their lives by defense force actions in Gaza, according to the area's Hamas-run health ministry.

Initiative Components

The comprehensive proposal, which has been agreed upon by the Trump administration and the Netanyahu government, suggests an immediate end to fighting and the liberation of 48 hostages, only 20 of whom are considered alive, in exchange for hundreds of detained Gazans.

The framework requires that once both sides accept the plan "humanitarian support will be immediately sent into the conflict zone"

It also declares that the militant group would have no involvement in political leadership, and it allows for an future Palestinian sovereignty.

Latest Updates

In the latest development, the group answered to the proposal in a announcement, in which the group consented "to liberate all captured individuals, both surviving and deceased, according to the swap arrangement specified by the American plan" - if the necessary circumstances for the swaps are met.

It omitted reference to or approve the comprehensive proposal but said it "restates its approval to transfer the administration of the conflict zone to a local administration of professionals, established through local agreement and Arab and Islamic support"

The statement failed to address of one of the key demands of the plan – that Hamas accept its military demobilization and to playing no further role in the governance of Gaza.

Global Perspectives

Gaza inhabitants portrayed Hamas' response to the negotiation initiative as surprising, after days of signals that the organization was preparing to reject or at least heavily condition its endorsement of Trump's peace plan proposal.

Alternatively, the organization refrained from including its established limits in the formal declaration, a action many consider a indication of outside forces.

European and Middle Eastern officials have supported the proposal. The governing body, which administers parts of the Palestinian territories, has called the Trump administration actions as "authentic and resolute"

The Islamic Republic - which has been one of the group's primary supporters for many years - has also now signalled its endorsement of the US proposal.

Present Conditions

Armed attacks persisted in various locations of the conflict zone on the beginning of the week before the discussions commencing.

Defense personnel is conducting an military operation in the city, which it has said is intended to securing the freeing of the outstanding captives.

Mahmoud Basal, speaking for the region's civil protection agency, indicated that "no aid trucks have been allowed into the urban center since the military operations started recently"

"There are still bodies we are unable to recover from areas under Israeli control" he commented.

Numerous individuals of Gaza City have been forced to flee after the Israeli military required departures to a designated "humanitarian area" in the southern region, but additional numerous individuals are believed to have remained.

The military official has admonished that those who remain during the military operation would be "terrorists and supporters of terror"

In the last 24 hours, 21 Palestinians have been lost their lives in Gaza and a additional 96 injured, the Hamas-run health ministry said in its latest update.

Global media representatives have been restricted by Israeli authorities from accessing the conflict zone autonomously since the start of the hostilities, making verifying claims from both sides challenging.