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Third-party negotiations focused on achieving a comprehensive deal on a US peace plan to halt hostilities in Gaza have begun in the Egyptian city of the negotiation site.

Palestinian and Egyptian officials have stated that the sessions are focused on "establishing the groundwork" for a anticipated transfer that would see the freeing of all Israeli hostages in exchange for a quantity of detained Palestinians.

Hamas has said it agrees to the peace plan proposals partially, but has failed to address several essential conditions - including its disarmament and political participation in Gaza.

Israel's prime minister said on the weekend that he anticipated declaring the release of hostages "soon"

Conflict Timeline

The negotiations, which will see regional and international officials holding shuttle meetings with delegations from both the conflicting parties individually, come on the eve of the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israeli territories on the initial attack date, in which approximately 1,200 people were fatally wounded and 251 individuals were captured.

The defense forces launched a campaign in Gaza in retaliation. Since then, 67,160 have been fatally injured by armed interventions in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

Peace Plan Details

The comprehensive proposal, which has been endorsed by US President Donald Trump and Israeli officials, outlines an quick halt to combat and the release of 48 captives, only 20 individuals are considered alive, in return for numerous of incarcerated individuals.

The proposal specifies that once the two parties approve the plan "humanitarian support will be promptly delivered into the Palestinian territory"

It also declares that the militant group would have no role in political leadership, and it leaves the door open an eventual Palestinian state.

Recent Developments

On Friday, officials replied to the plan in a announcement, in which the group agreed "to free all detainees, both surviving and deceased, in accordance with the transfer mechanism specified by the American plan" - if the necessary circumstances for the exchanges are met.

It failed to address or approve Trump's 20-point plan but said it "restates its approval to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a governing council of technocrats, established through local agreement and international backing"

The statement made no mention of one of the crucial requirements of the initiative – that the organization agree to its weapons surrender and to ceasing political participation in the leadership of Gaza.

International Response

Gaza inhabitants portrayed the organization's answer to the negotiation initiative as unanticipated, after an extended period of indications that the faction was likely to refuse or at least substantially modify its approval of the US framework.

Alternatively, the organization excluded its traditional "red lines" in the official statement, a decision many consider a indication of external pressure.

International and regional representatives have welcomed the initiative. The local administration, which administers sections of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has called the Trump administration actions as "genuine and committed"

Iran - which has been one of the organization's key backers for an extended period - has also recently indicated its endorsement of the US proposal.

Current Situation

Military strikes continued in various locations of the Palestinian territory on the beginning of the week ahead of the talks beginning.

Israeli forces is carrying out an military operation in the metropolitan region, which it has said is aimed at obtaining the liberation of the still-detained individuals.

A spokesperson, speaking for Gaza's civil protection agency, reported that "no aid trucks have been authorized access for Gaza City since the campaign commenced one month prior"

"There are still bodies we are unable to recover from locations under military occupation" he commented.

Numerous individuals of Gaza City have been forced to flee after the Israeli military ordered evacuations to a established protection region in the lower territory, but additional numerous individuals are considered to have persisted.

The defense representative has warned that those who stay during the combat campaign would be "combatants and their sympathizers"

In the previous day, 21 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and a further 96 injured, the Hamas-run health ministry said in its latest update.

Foreign correspondents have been banned by Israel from accessing the conflict zone independently since the start of the conflict, making authenticating statements from both sides difficult.