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Indirect talks aimed at reaching a comprehensive deal on a US peace plan to stop the conflict in Gaza have commenced in the Red Sea resort of the Egyptian resort town.

Palestinian and Egyptian officials have stated that the sessions are focused on "creating the field conditions" for a anticipated transfer that would involve the freeing of all Israeli hostages in exchange for a quantity of incarcerated individuals.

Hamas has said it agrees to the negotiation framework in part, but has failed to address several essential conditions - such as its disarmament and governance position in Gaza.

Israel's prime minister said on Saturday that he hoped to announce the release of captives "shortly"

Conflict Timeline

The negotiations, which will see regional and international officials conducting mediation with delegations from both the conflicting parties separately, take place on the eve of the 24-month point of the military operation on southern Israel on the initial attack date, in which approximately 1,200 people were lost their lives and 251 people were captured.

The defense forces began military actions in Gaza in response. From that point, over 67,000 have been lost their lives by defense force actions in Gaza, based on data from the area's Hamas-run health ministry.

Initiative Components

The detailed initiative, which has been endorsed by American leadership and the Netanyahu government, outlines an quick halt to combat and the release of 48 captives, only 20 individuals are considered alive, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

The proposal specifies that once both sides approve the initiative "complete assistance will be quickly dispatched into the Gaza Strip"

It also declares that the organization would have no involvement in administering the territory, and it leaves the door open an eventual Palestinian state.

Latest Updates

In the latest development, the group answered to the proposal in a announcement, in which the group consented "to release all detainees, both alive and killed, according to the transfer mechanism contained in the American plan" - if the required situation for the exchanges are met.

It did not specifically mention or accept Trump's 20-point plan but said it "reaffirms its commitment to hand over the management of the Palestinian territory to a governing council of technocrats, established through local agreement and international backing"

The announcement failed to address of one of the essential conditions of the plan – that Hamas consent to its military demobilization and to having no future involvement in the governance of Gaza.

International Response

Gaza inhabitants described the organization's answer to the peace plan as surprising, after an extended period of signals that the organization was considering denial or at least heavily condition its acceptance of the American initiative.

Conversely, the militant group omitted its traditional "red lines" in the formal declaration, a action many interpret as a indication of external pressure.

International and regional officials have welcomed the proposal. The local administration, which controls areas of the disputed regions, has characterized the American initiatives as "sincere and determined"

The Islamic Republic - which has been one of the group's primary supporters for many years - has also recently indicated its endorsement of Trump's Gaza peace plan.

Current Situation

Military strikes carried on in several parts of the Palestinian territory on Monday ahead of the negotiations starting.

Israel is implementing an combat campaign in the metropolitan region, which it has declared is designed to securing the release of the still-detained individuals.

An official representative, spokesman for the region's local emergency services, indicated that "humanitarian convoys have been allowed into Gaza City since the campaign commenced one month prior"

"There are still bodies we cannot access from locations under military occupation" he stated.

Countless residents of Gaza City have been required to leave after the defense forces mandated relocations to a designated "humanitarian area" in the south, but hundreds of thousands more are believed to have remained.

Israel's defence minister has admonished that those who stay during the offensive would be "militants and their backers"

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

International journalists have been banned by Israel from accessing the Palestinian territory autonomously since the beginning of the hostilities, making confirming reports from all parties difficult.