On August 15, foreign news agencies reported on the progress of the ceasefire negotiations between the Israeli military and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which were held in Doha, Qatar, with the participation of representatives of the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Israel, including Mr. Saad Bill Burns, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Mr. Brett McGurk, US Representative to the Middle East, Mr. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, Prime Minister of Qatar, Abbas Kamel, Head of the Egyptian Intelligence Service, David Barney, Head of the Mossad, Ronen Bar, Director of the Shin Bet Security Service, and Major General Nett San Alon, who is responsible for the hostages of the Israeli military.
Meanwhile, Hamas has not sent officials to join the talks. Because they do not want to reach a new agreement, Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan told the Associated Press that Hamas will only join the negotiations if there are talks on the ground based on the original agreement that the US government presented last month. But Reuters reported in May that although Hamas did not send representatives to participate in the talks, Hamas did not send representatives to participate in the talks. But that does not mean that there is no chance of reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Because Khalil al-Hayya is a senior official and Hamas negotiators are based in Doha. The mediator intends to discuss the agreement with Hamas after the meeting as well.
The American news agency Axios had previously reported, citing two American sources, on August 14, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr. Donald Trump, the former President of the United States and representatives of the Republicans in the race for the position of President of the United States in November, spoke by phone. Together, we reached an agreement for a ceasefire between the Israeli army and Hamas and the release of hostages in Gaza.
One news source reported that Trump intended to encourage Netanyahu to accept the ceasefire offer. I don’t know if Mr. Trump said that to Mr. Netanyahu during the conversation, but the Israeli prime minister’s office later issued a statement denying it. There were no talks between the two sides, as previously reported. There has been no movement on the issue from Mr. Trump’s campaign team either.
