Negotiations on ceasefire and prisoner exchange ongoing

Al Jazeera sources say negotiations, mediated by Qatar, on a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal are progressing.
Following the news that advanced negotiations are “progressing” on a potential ceasefire and prisoner exchange, Ibrahim Fraihat from the Doha Institute says the news is a “huge breakthrough” depending on the terms of the agreement.

“Is it going to be a humanitarian ceasefire, is it going to be a temporary ceasefire [or] is it going to be an end to this war?” Fraihat told Al Jazeera.

“We know that there has been a very strong Israeli rejection to any sort of ceasefire, even a humanitarian ceasefire…The European Union yesterday, in its meeting, was calling for a humanitarian ceasefire, and they were a bit shy in even saying this. So, there isn’t any serious pressure on Israel from the European Union.”

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