A ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip has been presented to Hamas, providing for a cessation of hostilities for 40 days combined with the release of hostages and prisoners, the British Foreign Minister said on Monday in Riyadh, David Cameron.
“A very generous offer of a 40-day ceasefire, the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of these hostages” was made to the Palestinian movement, Mr Cameron told a meeting of the World Economic Forum .
A Hamas delegation was expected in Egypt on Monday where it should respond to the mediators' latest proposal in favor of a truce in Gaza associated with the release of hostages, after almost seven months of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
“I hope Hamas will accept this deal and, frankly, all the pressure in the world and all eyes should be on them today to tell them to accept this deal,” Mr Cameron said.
He added that the proposed framework would lead to a “stop to the fighting that we all want to see, so desperately.”
Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been trying for months to broker a deal between Israel and Hamas, and recent momentum appears to suggest new momentum toward stopping the fighting.
The British Foreign Minister also pleaded in favor of a “political horizon for a two-state solution”, with an independent Palestine coexisting with Israel.
“Those responsible for (the attack) on October 7, the leaders of Hamas should leave Gaza and the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza should be dismantled,” he said.
“The Palestinian people must have a political future, but Israel's security must also be ensured, and these two elements must go hand in hand,” he concluded.bur-csp/mh/hme
