Hamas has agreed to the proposal of the mediators on the Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Hamas movement has officially confirmed that the mediators have received a positive response to the proposal for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. The corresponding statement was posted on the movement's Telegram channel on August 18.
"Hamas and other Palestinian factions have announced their agreement to the proposal [for a cease—fire in Gaza] provided to them by Egyptian and Qatari mediators in the evening," the statement said.
Dmitry Gendelman, an adviser to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on the evening of August 18 that Israel had received a response from Hamas intermediaries to the proposal for a deal on the Gaza Strip.
On August 16, the Israeli authorities put forward a number of conditions to the Palestinian movement, under which Tel Aviv would be ready to conclude a cease-fire deal. Among the demands are that Hamas supporters lay down their arms and simultaneously release all hostages, the demilitarization of the entire territory of the Gaza Strip, which will be controlled by the Israeli army, and a change of government, the new representatives of which will peacefully side with Israel.
On July 30, the Arab League, in particular Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as France, approved the UN declaration on resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. They called on Hamas to disarm. On August 2, Al Arabiya TV reported that the official representatives of the movement had rejected the proposal.
On July 22, Izvestia's diplomatic source in Israel announced the intention of the Israeli authorities to discuss the possibility of transferring control of the Gaza Strip to local structures that will not be affiliated with Hamas, in order to give them a chance for self-government.
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