TEL AVIV, July 5. /TASS/. Israel has decided to send a delegation to Qatar's capital Doha for talks on a deal to release hostages held in the Gaza Strip, the Ynet portal reported citing a high-ranking Israeli source.
"A decision has been made to send an Israeli delegation to Doha," the portal quotes its source as saying.
As the Israeli state broadcaster Kan reported, Israeli negotiators will leave for Qatar on July 6. According to the broadcaster, the change in the position of the Palestinian radical organization Hamas in the negotiations is due, among other things, to "colossal pressure from Qatar and the United States."
Earlier on Saturday, Dmitry Gendelman, an adviser to the office of the head of the Israeli government, told TASS that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had convened a meeting of the so-called narrow cabinet of ministers, which includes its key members, for Saturday evening to discuss the terms of the deal to release hostages held in the Gaza Strip and the issue of the possible sending of an Israeli delegation to the Qatari capital Doha for negotiations.
According to the Ynet portal, after the response of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, mediators are currently negotiating to hold another round of indirect talks between the parties in the Qatari capital on July 6.
As the publication says, Israel confirmed that it received a response from Hamas to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, stating that its "details are being studied." Earlier, Hamas reported on its Telegram channel that the movement had conveyed a positive response to the mediators and was ready to immediately begin negotiations on the implementation of the proposal under discussion. This decision, as the radicals noted, was made after "completion of consultations with all Palestinian factions."
On Friday, Al-Ghad TV channel reported citing sources that Hamas would present "its new vision" on three controversial points and "will not demand a mandatory extension of the ceasefire for 30 days" after the 60 days of the truce end. However, the movement still considers it necessary to continue negotiations until a final agreement is reached on Gaza. According to the latest information from the Israeli side, the radicals continue to hold 20 living abductees and the bodies of 30 dead hostages in the Gaza Strip.