The possibility of a new prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Tel Aviv.
Informed Egyptian sources announced the moves of the Zionist regime in Cairo to sign a new agreement for the exchange of prisoners with Hamas.
Informed Egyptian sources announced the new moves of the Zionist government cabinet to activate a new document for the exchange of prisoners with the Hamas movement to return “138 prisoners” who are still in Gaza.
These sources in a conversation with “Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed”, these days Cairo is witnessing new movements for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an attempt to sign a new prisoner exchange document between Tel Aviv and Hamas. The Israeli regime expects that an understanding with Cairo will be a useful factor in any ceasefire or other negotiations, due to geographical factors. Still, it cannot reach a final agreement that it wants to rely on alone.
At the same time, Israel Army Radio reported on Wednesday (yesterday) that military assessments show that the army needs a month to carry out ground operations in Gaza before exchanging prisoners with Hamas in a new phase.
It was at the end of November and during the current war in Gaza that the Zionist regime and Hamas agreed to the mediation of Qatar with a four-day pause in the clashes and the exchange of prisoners (from November 24 to November 28). This agreement was extended two more times. Once for two days and once for one day. During this period, during seven stages, several Palestinian prisoners were exchanged with Hamas prisoners, most of whom were Israelis.
An informed Egyptian source said: “In the last few hours, we have seen Israel’s movements and contacts with the Egyptian authorities, which is aimed at measuring the possibility of signing a new agreement for the exchange of prisoners and is likely to lead to the realization of a new temporary ceasefire.”
He explained that the contacts of the Israeli authorities with the Egyptian authorities for the exchange of new prisoners are made to exchange female soldiers, the elderly, and the wounded. Likely, Tel Aviv will finally comply with Hamas’ request for the release of sick, elderly, and some old prisoners that Tel Aviv “Their hands are stained with blood,” he says.
Calling Tel Aviv’s approach to the exchange of prisoners a “sudden change”, this source pointed to internal pressures on the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime and tensions in the War Council, and Netanyahu’s fear of his other rivals in power gaining new concessions. It said that for this reason, he Prisoner exchange has been given priority and it is expected that a new prisoner exchange agreement will be made soon.
In an environment where Knesset member Avi Dichter from the Likud party says that it is in Israel’s interest for Egypt to play a leading role in mediation efforts, Ammar Fayed, an expert in political science and international relations, says: “Egypt’s presence in the mediation case for the exchange of prisoners, It is for geographical reasons, and the negotiations are under the supervision of the United States and through the Qatari mediator.