Three months after the entry into force of the ceasefire in Gazathe Administration of the American president, Donald Trumphas officially started its second phase. This was announced by the special envoy Steve Witkoff in your X account this Wednesday. “Today, on behalf of President Trump, we announce the launch of Phase Two of the President’s 20-Point Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, which moves from ceasefire to demilitarizationthe technocratic governance and the reconstruction”he said. In turn, the Palestinian Presidency has declared that it supports the establishment of the Peace Board led by Trump and technocratic committee in charge of supervising daily life in the enclave.
“Phase Two establishes a technocratic transitional Palestinian administration in Gaza, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, and begins the complete demilitarization and reconstruction of the enclave, mainly the disarmament of all unauthorized personnel,” Witkoff explained in his tweet. “USA wait that Hamas fully fulfill its obligations, including the immediate return of the last deceased hostage; If we do not do so, serious consequences will occur,” he threatened, without mentioning the continued truce violations on the part of his israeli allywhich has killed more than 440 Palestinians in these three months and continues to occupy more and more land.
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Witkoff has highlighted that “phase one delivered historic humanitarian aidmaintained the ceasefire and repatriated all the hostages alive and the remains of 27 of the 28 deceased hostages.” He also thanked Egypt, Türkiye and Qatar for “their indispensable mediation efforts, which made all the progress possible to date.” This same morning the Gazan population lamented the death of seven people due to temporal that the enclave is suffering. A baby just one year ago perished from cold and six other people, including two women and two children, have died when the buildings or walls that served as shelter have collapsed on them, crushing and suffocating them to the point of taking their lives.
Hussein al Sheikhvice president of the Palestinian Authority (AP), has also used the X platform to announce his support for the formation of the Palestinian Committee for the Administration of Gaza during this transition phase. In an extensive publication, he praised the efforts of Trump and his teams, led by Witkoff and his advisor and son-in-law. Jared Kushner. “The Palestinian Presidency reiterates the importance of link PA institutions in the West Bank and Gazaand not to create administrative, legal or security agreements that deepen duplication, division, separation or fragmentation, with the defense of the principle of one system, one law and one legitimate weapon,” added the Sheikh, defending the role of the PA in Gaza, something to which the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuhas repeatedly opposed.
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