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Mediated discussions focused on achieving a comprehensive deal on a US peace plan to stop the conflict in Gaza have started in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.

Middle Eastern and regional officials have stated that the meetings are focused on "preparing the environment" for a anticipated transfer that would result in the release of all detained individuals in compensation of a quantity of incarcerated individuals.

Hamas has said it agrees to the ceasefire initiative in part, but has failed to address several essential conditions - including its weapons surrender and political participation in Gaza.

The government official said on the weekend that he anticipated declaring the liberation of detained individuals "in the coming days"

Conflict Timeline

The discussions, which will feature Egyptian and Qatari officials holding shuttle meetings with delegations from both Israel and Hamas in isolation, occur on the verge of the second anniversary of the military operation on Israeli territories on the initial attack date, in which nearly 1,200 people were killed and 251 individuals were seized.

The defense forces began military actions in Gaza in retaliation. Following the initial attack, over 67,000 have been killed by Israeli military operations in Gaza, as reported by the region's local health authorities.

Peace Plan Details

The comprehensive proposal, which has been endorsed by the Trump administration and the Netanyahu government, suggests an quick halt to fighting and the liberation of 48 hostages, only 20 of whom are believed to be alive, in compensation of numerous of detained Gazans.

The plan stipulates that once both sides approve the initiative "complete assistance will be quickly dispatched into the Palestinian territory"

It also specifies that Hamas would have no participation in political leadership, and it allows for an eventual Palestinian state.

Recent Developments

Recently, officials replied to the initiative in a statement, in which the group consented "to liberate all detainees, both surviving and deceased, following the exchange formula outlined in the US initiative" - if the necessary circumstances for the exchanges are satisfied.

It omitted reference to or endorse Trump's 20-point plan but said it "reaffirms its commitment to transfer the management of the Palestinian territory to a local administration of professionals, established through Palestinian national consensus and international backing"

The statement failed to address of one of the crucial requirements of the proposal – that the organization accept its weapons surrender and to having no future involvement in the governance of Gaza.

Global Perspectives

Local residents described the organization's answer to the negotiation initiative as unexpected, after days of suggestions that the group was preparing to reject or at least significantly qualify its acceptance of the US framework.

Instead, the militant group excluded its customary boundaries in the formal declaration, a decision many consider a indication of international influence.

International and regional leaders have endorsed the proposal. The local administration, which governs parts of the disputed regions, has called the Trump administration actions as "genuine and committed"

The Islamic Republic - which has been one of the organization's key backers for an extended period - has also recently indicated its backing of the US proposal.

Current Situation

Armed attacks persisted in multiple areas of the Gaza Strip on recently before the negotiations starting.

Defense personnel is implementing an military operation in the urban area, which it has declared is intended to securing the release of the still-detained individuals.

An official representative, spokesman for the region's civil protection agency, reported that "assistance vehicles have been allowed into the urban center since the military operations started four weeks ago"

"There are still bodies we cannot retrieve from locations under Israeli control" he stated.

Countless residents of Gaza City have been compelled to evacuate after the Israeli military required departures to a specified safe zone in the southern region, but additional numerous individuals are considered to have persisted.

The military official has warned that those who stay during the combat campaign would be "terrorists and supporters of terror"

In the recent period, 21 residents have been fatally injured in Gaza and a another 96 harmed, the regional health administration said in its most recent report.

Global media representatives have been restricted by Israeli authorities from entering the Gaza Strip independently since the start of the war, making authenticating statements from all parties difficult.