CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday (Oct 27) proposed a two-day truce in Gaza and restricted hostage change aimed toward securing “an entire ceasefire” after greater than a yr of battle between Israel and Hamas.
The proposal consists of exchanging 4 Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and could be adopted by extra negotiations inside 10 days, Sisi stated at a information convention in Cairo.
He didn’t say whether or not the plan had been formally introduced to both Israel or Hamas.
Sisi’s intervention got here with Israel persevering with to pound the Palestinian territory, whereas additionally combating a battle in opposition to Hezbollah in Lebanon and having simply launched air strikes on its major foe Iran.
The strikes on Saturday, the second time Israel has retaliated in opposition to Iranian ballistic missile assaults, triggered world requires restraint.
The United Nations Safety Council will meet on Monday at Iran’s request, with Tehran calling for the physique to sentence the strikes that killed 4 troopers.
At house, Iranian leaders performed down their significance, saying the strikes had prompted solely restricted harm.
President Masoud Pezeshkian instructed his cupboard Iran didn’t need battle however would ship “an applicable response”.
In keeping with International Minister Abbas Araghchi, Tehran had “acquired indications” hours earlier than the assault. US information website Axios reported earlier that Israel had supplied a warning in order to “forestall a wider escalation”.
With merchants relieved that Israel’s strikes had averted Iran’s vitality infrastructure, oil costs tumbled on Monday, falling as a lot as 5 per cent earlier than paring a few of their losses.
Israel launched the strikes in retaliation for an Oct 1 missile attack by Iran, which was a response to the killings of Tehran-aligned militant leaders and an Iranian commander.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated the operation “was exact and highly effective, attaining all of its aims”.
Netanyahu, talking at a Jerusalem memorial for Hamas’ Oct 7, 2023 assault that sparked the battle, was interrupted by shouting from victims’ kin.
The premier has been below stress to safe the discharge of captives held in Gaza.
