Friday, January 17, 2025 - Egypt has called on Israel and Hamas to implement the Gaza ceasefire plan “without any delay.”
This is raising pressure on the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin
Netanyahu, to accept the deal.
Israeli has not formerly accepted the ceasefire and hostage release deal
which was announced on Wednesday.
Netanyahu claimed on Thursday that Hamas has “reneged” on certain
pledges in the agreement.
But, speaking to the Associated Press, Egypt’s chief diplomat and
Foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, said a deal had been reached thanks to “deep
involvement” by US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators, including officials from
Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
“We have a deal. What’s very important is to start implementation,”
Abdelatty said from the foreign ministry’s headquarters in the New
Administrative Capital, a newly built city east of Cairo.
“What we are doing now is to push for final approval and implementation,
without any delay.
The Egyptian capital, Cairo, will be the location for continued talks
between America, Qatar and Egypt on implementing the deal.
The minister said the talks were set to begin soon, and that the
mediators would have an “operation room” overseeing the deal in the Egyptian
capital.
“We are fully committed to fulfil our own commitments and we are expecting that others to fulfil their own commitments.”
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