Beijing, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said on January 30 that he had received a proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and would respond after studying it.
Haniyeh said in a statement that Hamas had received a ceasefire package from Paris, France. Hamas's priority is to end Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip and to allow for the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Strip.
The statement said that the Egyptian side invited Haniyeh to Cairo to discuss a ceasefire framework agreement. The statement did not mention whether Chania had accepted the invitation.
This is the ruins of the Maighazzi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on January 27. Xinhua News Agency.
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdelrahman Al Thani met with the heads of the intelligence services of the United States, Israel and Egypt in Paris, the capital of France, on the 28th in an attempt to promote negotiations on a Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire and the release of detainees. According to him, the first round of Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire talks "went well."
NBC News reported on the 29th, citing sources, that the framework proposed at the meeting included a phased ceasefire, Israel released Palestinian prisoners, and aid supplies were allowed to enter the Gaza Strip in exchange for Hamas releasing the rest of the US and Israeli detainees, with women and children given priority.
According to CNN, the framework calls for a six-week ceasefire between Palestine and Israel, during which a detained Israeli civilian will be exchanged for three Palestinian prisoners, and the detained Israeli soldiers will be exchanged for more Palestinian prisoners. After the expiration of the first phase of the ceasefire, the parties may extend the ceasefire as appropriate.
According to the Gaza Strip health department, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have caused more than 2660,000 Palestinians died, more than 650,000 people were injured. (Liu Jiang).