Khaberni - Two sources familiar with the talks said that Hamas militants in the Israel-controlled area of Rafah in Gaza will surrender their weapons in exchange for being allowed to pass to other areas of the sector under a proposal to resolve an issue seen as a risk to the ongoing ceasefire of a month.
Since the ceasefire mediated by the United States came into effect in Gaza on October 10, the Rafah area has witnessed at least two attacks on Israeli forces, with Israel blaming Hamas, who denied responsibility for the attacks.
One of the sources, an Egyptian security official, said that Egyptian mediators proposed that the fighters still in Rafah surrender their weapons to Egypt and provide details about the tunnels there so that they can be destroyed in exchange for a safe passage.
The sources mentioned that Israel and Hamas have not yet accepted the mediators' proposals. A third source confirmed that talks on this issue are ongoing.
