A United States ceasefire proposal to Gaza was depending on Hamas’s response to the 20-point plan that President Donald Trump said he was “very close” to ending the two-year conflict at the enclave.
The mediators of Qatar and Egypt shared the document with Hamas at the end of Monday (29), after the. According to him, the plan meets Israel’s war objectives.
It was not clear what had dispelled Netanyahu’s previous doubts about elements of the proposal.
Hamas did not participate in the negotiation rounds that preceded that the Islamic militant group disarms, a requirement he had previously rejected.
“Hamas negotiators said they would analyze the plan of Good Faith and give an answer,” an informed authority of negotiations for Reuters told Tuesday (30).
Israel will have full US support to take the necessary measures.
An exchange of all hostages maintained by Hamas by Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, Hamas’s disarmament, and the introduction of a transitional government led by an international body.
On Tuesday (30), Hamas had not yet officially answered Trump’s proposal, and it was not immediately clear what was again in it, besides the broad support to the initiative expressed by Arab and Muslim countries.
Many elements of the 20 points have been included in several proposed ceasefire agreements in the last two years, including those accepted and later rejected at various stages by Israel and Hamas.
A source close to Hamas told Reuters that the plan is “totally favorable to Israel” and imposes “impossible conditions” aimed at eliminating the group.
“What Trump proposed is the total adoption of all Israeli conditions, that no legitimate right,” the Palestinian authority told Reuters, who asked not to be identified.
It was not clear how Hamas would formulate his answer, as absolute rejection can collide him in a collision with a group of Arab and Muslim countries who grew the plan.
The Foreign Ministers of Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt issued a joint statement on Monday (29) greeting Trump’s proposal and emphasizing what they said was the president’s “sincere efforts to end the war in Gaza.”
