Rafah will wait at least another week: the clause that Hamas is not willing to compromise on

The mediators in Egypt and Qatar asked Hamas to give them more time before sending their response, Egyptian sources told Al-Akhbar newspaper this morning (Friday). According to the report, the Qatari and Egyptian mediators, and behind them the Americans, received clear signals that Hamas's position regarding the offer they received a week ago is "negative", and is not acceptable in the form they received.

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This was a reason in the last 48 hours to witness the Egyptian-Israeli-American contacts: to prevent the collapse of the negotiations and in an effort to reach a formula acceptable to both sides. For the same purpose, "Cairo obtained an Israeli promise to postpone the start of any military operation in Rafah, at least until the end of next week."

According to the sources, Hamas wants approval for the complete withdrawal of the IDF from all areas of the Gaza Strip, especially from the Gaza Valley, or what is known as the "Nazaret Zone". This withdrawal must take place as soon as possible, while guaranteeing complete freedom of movement between the north and south of the Gaza Strip.

Also according to the sources familiar with the details of the negotiations, there is what can be called an "American-Egyptian deposit", which was offered to "Hamas", in which the USA and Egypt guarantee that the IDF will not return to the war in the Gaza Strip after the end of the ceasefire. Hamas demanded that " The reference to this section will be clear." He also demanded that "Turkey be a guarantor of the agreement as well, and that the Arab countries will not be limited to Qatar, Egypt and the USA only.

These days, the Egyptian side is taking the highest pressure wave on Hamas, claiming that the American position is "appropriate" since "the United States is very concerned about reaching an agreement, and it continues to put pressure on Netanyahu, even at the cost of the expansion of the leading problems within his government, as well as within the army," so According to the report, Cairo also claims that "Washington does not want Israel to launch Operation Rafah, because it reflects more embarrassment for the American government at the public level, since stopping the student protests has become the main goal for the Biden administration."

According to the sources, the next few hours will be decisive, because the Americans are talking about guarantees that there will be no return to war, if Hamas agrees to a truce, and that it is impossible to pressure Israel more than the US is pressing now. Hamas's position says that "promises to stop the war, withdrawal of all IDF forces "L and guaranteeing freedom of movement are fundamental conditions and cannot be bypassed."