The climate around the future of the truce agreement / in the Gaza Strip remains mixed, and an Israeli delegation today arrived in Doha to continue indirect negotiations for the next phase of implementation of the agreement.
While the Israeli army, in the context of compliance with the terms of the agreement, today left Necarim’s corridor, which cuts it into two parts, the north and southern, Israeli sources stressed that the Israeli delegation sent to Doha, for the time being, for the time being. He is instructed to discuss only technical issues, rather than larger, such as the administration of the post -war gauze.
The climate has been charged with statements, such as the shocking proposal made last week by US President Donald Trump, during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who said, expelling the Palestinian residents there. This proposal, in addition to some Israeli officials, met the categorical conviction of the international community, with some complaining that this plan was equivalent to “ethnic cleansing”.
Members of the US government and US officials appeared in the following days of these statements to downgrade this proposal Trump, saying that the Palestinians would be able to return to the Gaza Strip as soon as it is cleaned by non -exploding ammunition and the 16 -month -olds.
The Israeli Netanyahu’s Israeli Security Council is expected to discuss this Trump plan, as well as the second stage of the ceasefire, tomorrow, a source from Netanyahu’s office said.
Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the next stage of the truce are due to begin this week following the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to the US last week.
Handed to Israel three hostages of Hamas
The first stage of the truce, which began on January 19, was six weeks and included the release of 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons.
Last Saturday and 183 Palestinians, as predicted by the terms of the first phase of this agreement. However, the images of the three hostages released yesterday, appearing pale and weak after 16 months in captivity in Hamas’ hands, shocked Israelis.
The second of the three phases is scheduled to focus on the liberation of the rest of the hostages and the departure of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said in Israeli media yesterday.
Higher Israeli officials, however, noted yesterday on the Walla news website that members of the Israeli delegation in Doha will not be ordered by the Israeli government to essentially negotiate, but their mission is mainly made as a good will. US government of Trump.
In another tone in a video of yesterday, the Israeli prime minister again pledged to crush Hamas and securing the return of all other Israeli hostages.
The climate was also borne by a stunning that Netanyahu seemed to do in a television interview last week, saying a “Saudi state” instead of a “Palestinian state” before correcting its wording. However, Arab countries have strongly condemned this linguistic slip, believing it was deliberate.
Bassem Naim, a Hamas official, in an interview with the French Agency, accused Israel of “jeopardizing” the truce deal, warning of a possible collapse.
US, Qatar and Egypt, mediating countries on ceasefire, however, stress that the 19 January agreement is largely respected.
Abandoned his positions Israeli Army
Early this morning “Israeli forces disrupted their positions and military outposts and completely withdrew their shields from the Netzarim corridor on the Salahendin road – which connects the south with the northern part of the Palestinian territory – allowing the two Palestinian territory – allowing the two. Directions, “Hamas interior ministry official in the Gaza Strip told the French Agency. An Israeli security source confirmed that the army was leaving its positions there.
Crowds of people were seen crossing the corridor, and the police force run by Hamas developed in the area to manage the flow of Palestinians.
Hamas military and police forces have increased their public presence after a ceasefire, with analysts stressing that this is done deliberately to send the message that the Palestinian movement was not defeated, despite the 16 months of war.
Israeli military forces shot and killed four civilians today in the Gaza Strip, according to authorities of the Palestinian enclave, while large -scale operations by the Israeli army on the West Bank resulted in the deaths of two women, one of whom, one of whom were pregnant.
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