U.S. President Donald Trump announced on social media that the Israeli and Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) have agreed on the first phase of the "peace plan" mentioned by the US. This means that all Israeli detainees will be released soon, and the Israeli military will also withdraw to the border agreed by both sides.

A new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations entered its third day on the 8th. Representatives from Israel, the United States, Qatar and Turkey joined the talks on the same day. Trump said earlier on the 8th that he may travel to the Middle East this weekend, given that negotiations are "very close" to reaching an agreement.

Representatives of all parties are in place

On the 8th, Delmer, head of the Israeli delegation and Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Witkov, U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East, Trump's son-in-law Kushner, Qatar Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed, and Turkish National Intelligence Agency Director Kalin all arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh to join the talks. Rashad, director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, also participated in the day's talks.

The negotiations were conducted indirectly, with Egypt, Qatar and the United States intermitting.According to Egyptian Cairo News TV reports, both sides held bilateral and multilateral talks and expanded meetings on the same day.

Trump told the media at a roundtable meeting held in the White House on 8th that the talks "go very well" and that "there is a great chance" to reach an agreement.

Palestinian sources said on the same day that representatives of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jihad) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) planned to arrive in Egypt on the evening of the 8th. They will participate in negotiations with a Hamas delegation, which may better help resolve the issue of Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip.

Since the outbreak of a new round of Israeli conflict in October 2023, Jihad and the Hamas have been involved in operations against Israel. Jihad has also claimed to have detained some Israeli personnel, but did not provide further details.

According to Israeli media reports, Hamas and Palestinian factions are currently detaining 48 Israelis, 20 of whom Israel believes are still alive.

Negotiations ¡°positive¡± and ¡°optimistic¡±

Earlier on the 8th, Israeli media quoted Israeli officials and sources as saying that the new round of ceasefire negotiations in the Gaza Strip showed "positive" signs, and the mediators expected to reach a ceasefire and release agreement on the 9th.

The Israeli Times, citing a source who was aware of the progress of the negotiations and an Arab state diplomat, on Monday that the mediator arranged an agreement between Israel and Hamas on September 9 that included Hamas immediately releasing surviving detainees in exchange for an Israeli ceasefire, and the implementation of a ceasefire would enable Hamas to collect the remains of detainees and hand them over to Israel.

Hamas senior member Tahir Nunu, a media adviser, said on the same day that Hamas and Israel exchanged lists of people to be released, noting that Hamas delegation showed a sense of motivation and responsibility to necessary progress in negotiations and eventually reach an agreement, and that the mediators were working to remove the obstacles to a ceasefire agreement, and that all sides were ¡°full of optimism.¡±

According to Israel's Channel 12 TV station, Israel has begun to draft a proposal on a ceasefire agreement, which will be submitted to the cabinet for voting. The report quoted some Israeli officials as saying that according to the agreement to be signed, Israel will begin to release Palestinian prisoners after Hamas releases all detainees and hands over all the bodies that can be found. Hamas has provided information on about 20 surviving detainees and is still looking for the remains of some deceased detainees.

According to reports, Israel will not release Palestinian militants directly involved in the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. However, Israel will adopt some "flexibility" on whether to release some Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment. Israel refused to release many of them in the previous ceasefire agreement. The two sides are expected to haggle until the last minute. (Reporter: Zhao Weihong, Yao Bing, Chen Junqing, Wang Zhuolun, Wu Baoshu)