“Hamas rejected the Qatari proposal, is creating obstacles, refuses to compromise and accompanies the talks with psychological warfare aimed at sabotaging the negotiations,” a senior official in Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office told reporters, according to the Jerusalem Post. The stalled two-month truce calls for both sides to stop firing at each other to allow for roughly half the hostages to be released, and humanitarian aid to be brought in — while Israeli forces withdraw to a buffer zone in Gaza and negotiations for a permanent cease-fire take place. The rejected maps had Tel Aviv keeping control of roughly one-third of territory in Gaza, including a 1.86-mile buffer zone in Rafah to create a “humanitarian city” for the population, where Gazans would be checked for weapons and be barred from leaving as Israel would encourage their emigration outside of the Strip, Times of Israel reported.
Author: Gabrielle Fahmy
Published at: 2025-07-12 21:23:35
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