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Third-party negotiations aimed at reaching a lasting settlement on a US peace plan to halt hostilities 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 "establishing the groundwork" for a potential swap that would result in the liberation of all detained individuals in return for a number of detained Palestinians.

Hamas has said it accepts the peace plan proposals in part, but has not responded to several crucial requirements - particularly its disarmament and future role in Gaza.

The Israeli leader said on recently that he expected to reveal the freeing of detained individuals "shortly"

Conflict Timeline

The negotiations, which will feature regional and international officials facilitating discussions with delegations from both Israel and Hamas individually, come on the eve of the two-year mark of the Hamas-led attack on Israeli territories on the initial attack date, in which approximately 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

The armed forces launched a campaign in Gaza in response. Following the initial attack, 67,160 have been lost their lives by defense force actions in Gaza, based on data from the region's Hamas-run health ministry.

Peace Plan Details

The detailed initiative, which has been endorsed by American leadership and Israeli officials, proposes an immediate end to fighting and the freeing of 48 captives, only 20 individuals are thought to be alive, in exchange for hundreds of detained Gazans.

The plan stipulates that once both sides agree to the proposal "complete assistance will be promptly delivered into the conflict zone"

It also declares that the militant group would have no role in administering the territory, and it leaves the door open an future Palestinian sovereignty.

Current Situation

In the latest development, the group answered to the plan in a statement, in which the group approved "to release all captured individuals, both alive and killed, in accordance with the exchange formula specified by the US initiative" - if the proper conditions for the swaps are fulfilled.

It did not specifically mention or accept the comprehensive proposal but said it "reaffirms its commitment to relinquish the administration of the Palestinian territory to a Palestinian body of professionals, based on Palestinian national consensus and international backing"

The announcement failed to address of one of the essential conditions of the initiative – that Hamas accept its military demobilization and to playing no further role in the administration of Gaza.

Global Perspectives

Local residents characterized the group's reaction to the peace plan as unanticipated, after an extended period of indications that the organization was likely to refuse or at least heavily condition its approval of the American initiative.

Conversely, the organization omitted its customary boundaries in the formal declaration, a move many interpret as a sign of outside forces.

International and regional leaders have supported the plan. The Palestinian Authority, which governs sections of the disputed regions, has described the American initiatives as "authentic and resolute"

The Islamic Republic - which has been one of the group's primary supporters for decades - has also currently expressed its support for Trump's Gaza peace plan.

Ongoing Reality

Armed attacks persisted in various locations of the Gaza Strip on recently prior to the discussions commencing.

Israel is implementing an military operation in the city, which it has declared is intended to achieving the release of the outstanding captives.

An official representative, representing the territory's local emergency services, reported that "humanitarian convoys have been permitted entry to the urban center since the military operations started four weeks ago"

"Victims remain we are unable to recover from areas under Israeli control" he commented.

Countless residents of the metropolitan area have been compelled to evacuate after the Israeli military ordered evacuations to a designated "humanitarian area" in the southern region, but hundreds of thousands more are thought to have stayed.

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

In the previous day, 21 residents have been killed in Gaza and a another 96 harmed, the local medical authorities said in its most recent report.

Global media representatives have been prohibited by Israel from visiting the Palestinian territory without supervision since the start of the war, making confirming reports from all parties challenging.