🔗 Share this article Hamas representatives and Israeli delegates start mediated talks in Egypt on the US Palestinian peace plan. News Agency Israel has been carrying out combat operations in the northern Gaza Strip for an extended period. Third-party negotiations aimed at reaching a comprehensive deal on a US peace plan to end the war in Gaza have commenced in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. Middle Eastern and regional officials have indicated that the sessions are focused on "establishing the groundwork" for a possible exchange that would see the freeing of all Israeli hostages in compensation of a quantity of incarcerated individuals. The group stated it agrees to the peace plan proposals to some extent, but has not responded to several crucial requirements - including its disarmament and future role in Gaza. The government official said on recently that he expected to reveal the freeing of captives "shortly" Conflict Timeline The negotiations, which will involve Middle Eastern officials conducting mediation with representatives from both the two sides separately, occur on the verge of the two-year mark of the military operation on southern Israel on the initial attack date, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 individuals were taken hostage. The armed forces launched a campaign in Gaza in retaliation. Following the initial attack, 67,160 have been killed by defense force actions in Gaza, according to the area's local health authorities. Peace Plan Details The comprehensive proposal, which has been agreed upon by US President Donald Trump and Israeli officials, proposes an immediate end to fighting and the release of 48 detained individuals, only 20 individuals are considered surviving, in compensation of numerous of detained Gazans. The plan stipulates that once both sides agree to the proposal "full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip" It also declares that Hamas would have no involvement in governing Gaza, and it allows for an independent Palestinian nation. Current Situation On Friday, Hamas responded to the initiative in a declaration, in which the group agreed "to free all captured individuals, both living and dead, according to the exchange formula outlined in the American plan" - if the necessary circumstances for the swaps are fulfilled. It did not specifically mention or endorse the detailed initiative but said it "reaffirms its commitment to hand over the administration of the conflict zone to a Palestinian body of independents, based on local agreement and regional endorsement" The announcement made no mention of one of the key demands of the plan – that Hamas consent to its weapons surrender and to playing no further role in the administration of Gaza. Global Perspectives Local residents described Hamas' response to the negotiation initiative as unanticipated, after days of suggestions that the faction was preparing to reject or at least heavily condition its endorsement of Trump's peace plan proposal. Instead, the militant group refrained from including its established limits in the public announcement, a action many interpret as a sign of outside forces. Global and local representatives have welcomed the plan. The local administration, which controls parts of the Palestinian territories, has characterized the American initiatives as "sincere and determined" The Persian nation - which has been one of the group's primary supporters for decades - has also currently expressed its support for Trump's Gaza peace plan. Present Conditions Israeli bombardment continued in multiple areas of the Gaza Strip on the beginning of the week before the talks beginning. Israeli forces is carrying out an military operation in the urban area, which it has stated is intended to obtaining the release of the outstanding captives. An official representative, spokesman for Gaza's civil protection agency, stated that "no aid trucks have been allowed into Gaza City since the military operations started one month prior" "There are still bodies we cannot access from locations under Israeli control" he said. Numerous individuals of the urban center have been compelled to evacuate after the armed services ordered evacuations to a specified safe zone in the south, but additional numerous individuals are believed to have remained. The defense representative has cautioned that those who remain during the offensive would be "terrorists and supporters of terror" In the previous day, 21 residents have been lost their lives in Gaza and a further 96 injured, the local medical authorities said in its latest update. Global media representatives have been prohibited by Israel from visiting the Palestinian territory without supervision since the start of the hostilities, making verifying claims from the conflicting groups difficult.