A few hours before the arrival of Israeli negotiators in Qatar for indirect talks aimed at reaching a truce agreement and release hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip, the Benjamin Netanyahu It characterizes ‘unacceptable’ the new demands raised by Palestinian Hamas.
“Hamas’ amendments to our Qatar proposal were communicated last night (05.07.2025) and are unacceptable for Israel,” the statement issued by the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
However, “after evaluating the situation”, Netanyahu “ordered to respond to the invitation for indirect conversations and to continue our efforts to recover our hostages, based on Qatar’s proposal that Israel has accepted”, “said the announcement.
Hamas announced on Friday that it is prepared to launch negotiations on a ceasefire proposal for a ceasefire, supported by the United States and transmitted by Qatar and Egypt.
According to two Palestinian sources, the proposal includes a ceasefire for 60 days, during which Hamas will release 10 living hostages and deliver some hostages, in exchange for the liberation of Palestinians who are imprisoned in Israel.
According to Palestinian sources, Hamas sets as the terms the departure of the Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, the provision of guarantees for not repeating conflicts during the negotiations and the assignment of the distribution of humanitarian aid to the UN and to recognized international organizations.
US President Donald Trump, who will meet at the White House on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said it was possible to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas “next week”.