PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Hamas said Monday it is studying a proposal for a truce and hostage-prisoner swap after talks in Cairo, as Israel's defence minister said it is the right time for a deal, six months into the Gaza war.
Amid the negotiations, however, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a date had been set for sending troops into Gaza's southern Rafah city. "Such an offensive will only bring more death and suffering, heighten the risks and consequences of mass forcible displacement of the people of Gaza and threaten regional escalation," France's President Emmanuel Macron, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II wrote in a joint editorial published in several newspapers.
The war began with the 7 October attack against Israel by Hamas militants that resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people, mostly civilians, Israeli figures show. Amid the threats and fighting, Netanyahu has sent negotiators to truce talks that started in Cairo on Sunday, joined by US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators.
Egypt's state-linked news outlet Al-Qahera reported"significant progress being made on several contentious points", citing an unnamed high-ranking Egyptian source.
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