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After the President of the United States announced that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip would enter what the Administration considers as the second phase, he wasted no time in leaving a warning to Hamas: either the Islamists in power in Gaza would abandon their weapons or they would “suffer the consequences”. This is not a new speech on Trump’s part, that of ultimatums, but this time, the US President added that he was counting on “the support of partners in the region” to achieve the total disarmament of Hamas – referring to Qatar, Egypt and Turkey.
But President Trump did not leave any further details or give a date, so, until now, the first signs of this second phase of the ceasefire underway could be the images distributed by the Egyptian Press Center in Cairo. It was there that the so-called committee to govern the Palestinian territory met, during what special envoy Steve Witkoff defined as a “technocratic and transitional administration with Palestinians.”
The group has the support of the Palestinian Authority, in power in the occupied West Bank, and the group of countries that, under the auspices of the Trump Administration, contributed to the development of the ceasefire plan.
On the ground, the situation is more complicated than one would expect from a ceasefire in effect since October 2025. Health authorities in Gaza say that almost 500 Palestinians have died in clashes between the armed wing of Hamas and the Israeli army.
The Israelites report the death of three soldiers during the same period.
