Is an end to Israel’s war on Gaza finally in sight?

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Hamas has submitted its effect to United States President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal, agreeing to escaped each the Israeli captives it holds, but asking to negociate different aspects of the 20-point plan.

Trump – who had fixed the Palestinian radical a deadline of Sunday to respond positively to the woody – has reacted by demanding Israel instantly halt bombing Gaza.

How did Hamas respond exactly?

Hamas has said that it has agreed to merchandise each Israeli captives held successful Gaza, some dormant and alive, “in a mode that achieves” an extremity to Israel’s warfare and a afloat Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

It besides said that it would manus implicit powerfulness successful Gaza to a assemblage of Palestinian technocrats.

On the remainder of Trump’s 20-point plan, which included the disarmament of Hamas, the radical said that it should beryllium “discussed wrong a broad Palestinian nationalist framework, successful which Hamas volition beryllium included and volition lend with afloat responsibility”.

Has Trump responded positively?

Trump has welcomed the Hamas response, and wrote connected his Truth Social tract that helium believes the Palestinian radical are “ready for a lsting PEACE”.

In a large announcement, helium besides said that “Israel indispensable instantly halt the bombing of Gaza”, truthful that the captives could beryllium released.

“We are already successful discussions connected details to beryllium worked out. This is not astir Gaza alone, this is astir agelong sought PEACE successful the Middle East,” helium wrote.

What is Israel’s position?

Trump announced his Gaza bid program connected Monday, alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful the White House.

Netanyahu said astatine the time that helium supported Trump’s plan, due to the fact that – helium said – it would execute Israel’s warfare aims.

“It volition bring backmost to Israel each our hostages, dismantle Hamas’s subject capabilities and its governmental rule, and guarantee that Gaza ne'er again poses a menace to Israel,” Netanyahu said.

But the premier curate besides had immoderate caveats. In the White House, Netanyahu noted that if Hamas rejected the plan, “or if they supposedly judge it and past fundamentally bash everything to antagonistic it”, Israel would “finish the occupation by itself”.

And a fewer hours later, speaking successful Hebrew to a home Israeli audience, Netanyahu said that helium had not agreed to a Palestinian state, and promised that the Israeli subject would enactment successful astir of Gaza.

What volition beryllium the main sticking points?

Hamas has made it wide that it is not consenting to judge respective aspects of Trump’s plan, including an interim medication led by Trump and erstwhile British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

“We volition ne'er judge anyone who is not Palestinian to power the Palestinians,” Hamas elder authoritative Mousa Abu Marzouk told Al Jazeera, adding that assignment of Blair was peculiarly unwelcome due to the fact that of his past engagement successful the penetration of Iraq.

The taxable of disarmament volition besides beryllium problematic. Trump and Netanyahu accidental the radical indispensable instantly laic down its arms, but Hamas has lone said that it is consenting to sermon the topic.

“Hamas’s connection says that the aboriginal of Gaza – the aboriginal of the full conflict – volition beryllium near to Palestinian consensus,” said Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem. “They privation a broader Palestinian statement to scope a last answer. So, what’s wide is that Hamas said, ‘Yes – but …'”

Will Israel truly halt bombing Gaza?

The Israeli authorities is apt to beryllium unhappy with Trump’s affirmative reaction, due to the fact that Hamas has not simply agreed to each its demands. It is already being reported, according to Axios newsman Barak Ravid, that Netanyahu was “surprised” astatine Trump’s response, and viewed Hamas’s reply arsenic a “rejection” of the plan.

Netanyahu’s authorities is dominated by the far-right, who person warned that they volition bring down the premier curate if helium agrees to a woody that they bash not like. For its part, the Israeli absorption has indicated that it supports the deal, but a deficiency of spot betwixt them and Netanyahu means that a conjugation betwixt them volition beryllium hard to achieve.

Much volition present travel down to however acold Trump is consenting to twist Netanyahu’s limb and unit him to hold to a deal.

“You tin ideate the forces gathering present successful Washington, DC, close now, attempting to alteration Donald Trump’s mind,” said Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi, reporting from Washington.

“All of this present depends connected however committed helium is and however overmuch unit the mediators … are putting connected him to support to the presumption of this statement [and] not, arsenic successful the past, let Hamas to unrecorded up to the statement and let Israel to resume the warfare again,” Rattansi added.

In the meantime Israel is continuing to weaponry Gaza, with a peculiar absorption connected Gaza City. At slightest 72 Palestinians person been killed by Israel since dawn connected Friday, according to aesculapian sources.

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