In a few hours time, the Israeli government is going to convene and they are going to vote on this ceasefire agreement.
After they vote, the Israeli military will then withdraw to one of those lines that were presented in the map that President Trump posted on his social media.
Then, 72 hours after that, the captives are going to be released by Hamas. We are hearing from the Americans that it could take place on Monday.
President Trump has been talking about Israel’s international isolation, about how they’ve become a pariah state. But they are not just isolated on a political level; it is also economic. It is also through cultural forums. It’s also a lot of different spaces in the world.
So Netanyahu might not have a choice when he presents this to his government, meaning that it will have to pass, no matter what is at stake within the Israeli government.
The Israeli military is continuing its attacks on Gaza despite news that a ceasefire agreement has been reached.
ReplyDeleteIsraeli fighter jets have bombed western areas of Gaza City, striking at least one house in the Shati camp, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
Israeli forces have also detonated an armoured vehicle laden with explosives near homes in the Sabra neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.
There have been no reports of casualties so far.
The exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners under a deal between Israel and Hamas could take place on October 13, US President Donald Trump told Fox News in an interview.
ReplyDelete"Hostages are going to be released. <...> Would be probably Monday," Trump said, adding that "so much is happening to get the hostages freed." He also noted that the bodies of deceased hostages would be returned.
Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News, Trump said that after phase one of the peace deal is complete, “you’ll see people getting along and Gaza will be rebuilt”.
ReplyDeleteThe US leader added that it’s going to be a “different world” and that there will be “wealth spent in Gaza”.
“Gaza, we believe, is going to be a much safer place, and it’s going to be a place that reconstructs, and other countries in the area will help it reconstruct because they have tremendous amounts of wealth, and they want to see that happen,” Trump said.
“I’m very confident there’ll be peace in the Middle East,” he added.
US President Donald Trump announced that the US, alongside other countries, will participate in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
ReplyDelete"I think you're going to see people getting along, and you'll see Gaza being rebuilt," Trump told Fox News in an interview, noting that the US intends to establish a "Council of Peace," which is "going to have a lot to do with the whole Gaza situation." The White House host also described the cooperation of Middle Eastern countries as "amazing." "They have some countries with extraordinary wealth, and just spending a small portion of that wealth can do so much for that area," Trump added.
The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee has said the area north of Wadi Gaza – the valley separating central and northern parts of Gaza – is “still considered a dangerous combat zone”.
ReplyDeleteAdraee said that Israeli forces “continue to surround Gaza City, where returning to it is extremely dangerous”.