Donald Trump expressed his optimism about an early agreement between Israel and Hamas. The President-elect of the United States stated that there is simply a good chance of reaching any kind of agreement this week or next week. Trump stressed that the parties were very close to the agreement. There have been reports of Trump's strong force to enter a truce for the past fewer days.
"There is simply a good chance that we will have any kind of agreement this week or next week" - he told Trump journalists. «We are very close to the agreement. We want a ceasefire, peace, return of hostages" - he added.
A fresh circular of negotiations between Hamas and Israel has been underway in Qatar since Sunday. The talks are mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt.
Three out of 4 issues solved
American MP for the mediate East Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday that during negotiations in Dosze 3 of the 4 disputed topics were solved. According to the Times of Israel portal, the first issue solved is Hamas' request that the US guarantee that Israel does not return to war after the truce has ended.
The second issue addressed is to increase the function of the UN in providing assistance to the Gaza Strip. The 3rd is the details of the exchange of Israeli hostages on Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
From Washington Natalia Dziurdzińska (PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.
