Trump expects Hamas response to ceasefire shortly
Trump expects Hamas response to ceasefire shortly
President Donald Trump has the expectations of a possible 60- day in the Gaza conflict clearly Increased after he announced on Thursday that a response to Hamas is expected within a day.
Trump comments on the discussion about an armistice
to the question of a journalist, whether Hamas the latest Has, Trump replied: "We'll see what happens. We will know more in the next 24 hours." At the beginning of this week, Qatar had submitted an updated proposal to Israel and Hamas, which Israel accepted on Tuesday.
Hamas decides after consultations
Hamas said that his decision would be announced after consultations with other Palestinian groups without calling a time frame.
Trump's pushing a ceasefire
Donald Trump pushed intensively on a ceasefire and said on Tuesday that Israel had approved "the necessary conditions" in order to complete a deal for a 60-day setting of the hostility. In a contribution to Truth Social, Trump warned Hamas to also accept the offer.
"I hope in the interest of the Middle East Hamas will accept this deal, because it will not be better - it will only get worse," he said and thanked Qatar and Egypt for their role in promoting the proposal.
Details of the new proposal
The latest proposal does not differ significantly from previous plans that were submitted by negotiators. He provides for the same number of liberated hostages and the same duration of the previous temporary ceasefire. However, the plan offers two essential concessions to which Hamas insists: the successive release of hostages over the entire period and greater guarantees - in this case directly from Trump - that the ceasefire continues beyond the 60 days, even if no comprehensive peace has been reached.
hostage liberation and negotiations on permanent ceasefire
The plan provides for the release of ten living Israeli hostages and 18 deceased hostages, distributed over the entire period, as a source familiar with the negotiations announced. On the first day of the ceasefire, Hamas would be eight living Expanded. In return, Israel would deduct an indefinite number of Palestinian prisoners and arrested release and its armed forces from previously agreed locations in the north of Gazas. On the seventh day, Israel would vacate parts of the southern Gaza after the release of several deceased hostages.
Israel and Hamas would immediately enter into negotiations on permanent ceasefire as soon as the first ceasefire comes into force. A total of 50 hostages remained in Gaza, of which at least 20 are considered to be alive.
ceremonies -free hostage handover and auxiliary deliveries
The last two living hostages are to be released on the fiftieth day of the ceasefire. In the meantime, five deceased hostages on the seventh and thirty day and the last eight would be released on the last day. According to the deal, the hostages are released at the request of Israel without ceremonies or withdrawal - in contrast to the last ceasefire, at which Hamas staged public propaganda events around the hostage handover, which caused outrage in Israel.
Humanitarian aid will flow immediately to Gaza at the beginning of the ceasefire, including support from the United Nations and other aid organizations, similar to during the previous ceasefire that started on January 19th.
Visit to an American-Israeli hostage of hostage
On Thursday, Edan Alexander, an Israelo-American hostage, met with Trump in Washington. He informed the President that he fears that the continuing fights in Gaza will put the remaining hostages in danger. An explanation of the forum for hostages and missing relatives after the meeting quotes Alexander with the words: "I am afraid that the constant fights endanger the hostages and hope that they can achieve another historical breakthrough - a comprehensive deal to free them all 50 hostages. They are the person who can make this possible."
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