The President of the United States of America Donald Trump stated that Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on the first phase of the Gaza Peace Agreement. The agreement comes two years and two days after Israel initiated in Gaza in response to attack on 7. October 2023. year, in which members of Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took 251 people for hostage.
According to the data from the Health Ministry, in the administration of Hamas, the Israeli military operation ever killed at least 67,183 people, including 20,179 children. The BBC brings an overview of the first phase of the Agreement.
After intense negotiations in Egypt, Israel and Hamas agreed around the first phase of the US Peace Plan, confirmed Trump.
– That means that all the hostages will soon be released, and Israel will withdraw his troops to the agreed line, “Trump written by publishing an agreement on social networks.
Trump added that all parties will be honestly treated, calling this to the first steps towards eternal peace. The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, called that “Grand Day for Israel” and announced that the government would vote on the agreement on Thursday and return all our dear hostages home.
Hamas confirmed the agreement, stating that the war in Gaza would end, ensure the complete withdrawal of the occupying forces, enable the entry of humanitarian aid and implement the exchange of prisoners. Israel and Hamas do not communicate directly, the negotiations were led by Trump’s envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Egyptian intermediaries, Qatar and Turkey.
If the Israeli government is formally approved by the Agreement, he must withdraw troops from Gaza to the agreed line, he said a sophisticative of the White House for CBS News. Withdrawal could occur within 24 hours. After that, the 72-hour period starts in which Hamas must release live hostages. The release is expected to start on Monday. Only the initial chapter of the Trump Peace Plan of 20points, which Israel accepted, as Hamas partially agreed.
However, unresolved key issues remain – there is no detail on the disarmament of Hamas, which is the key point of the Trump Plan. Hamas previously refused to lay down weapons, stating that it would only be established by the Palestinian state.
Future gauze management is also disputable. The plan stipulates that Hamas has no role, and that Gaza temporarily leads the “technocratic, apolitical Palestinian Committee”, before the management takes over the Palestinian Administration.
Netanyahu showed resistance last week according to the inclusion of the Palestinian administration, although he accepted the Trump plan. Ultranationalists in Netanyahu coalition, who want to renovate Jewish settlements in Gaza, is likely to oppose this part. Hamas said that he still expects a certain role in gauze management. By Wednesday night, Hamas has not yet received the final list of Palestinian prisoners who Israel plans to release in replacing hostages, the source for the BBC said.
The plan envisions the release of 250 prisoners with lifelong penalties and 1,700 Palestinians from Gaza who were arrested after 7. October 2023. The families of Israeli hostages welcomed the agreement. Eli Sharabi, whose husband and children were killed, and Brother Yossi was still in the hands of Hamas, he wrote that the agreement represent a great joy and can’t wait for everyone to be home. The mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen announced her child coming home.
They celebrated in Gaza after the announcement of the agreement.
– Thank God for breaking fire, the end of the bloodshed and killing – said Abdul Majeed Abd Rabbo from Khan Younis for Reuters.
– I’m not the only lucky – the whole Gaza is happy, the whole Arab people, the whole world is happy for the ceasefire and the end of the bloodshed – he added.
The world leaders called on the parties to respect the agreement.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
