President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the conclusion of the first phase of the peace agreement between Israel and Hamas. "This means that all the hostages will be released soon, and Israel will retreat its troops on an agreed line... All parties will be treated fairly!" - wrote Trump on fact Social.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that "with God's aid we will bring all the hostages home," thanked Trump and defined the conclusion of the agreement as "the diplomatic success and moral triumph of Israel." Hamas announced that he had agreed to an agreement while calling on the global community to force Israel to comply with the agreement.
Release of hostages
According to Israeli media, Hamas will release surviving hostages on Saturday or Sunday. Axios' portal stated behind 1 of the American officials that it would happen on Monday at the latest. Trump's plan states that the kidnapped should be released within 72 hours of the adoption of the agreement.
The agreement is to be formally signed on Thursday at noon in Egypt - the Haarec journal, citing Saudi media, transmitted. Earlier on Wednesday, Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi invited Trump to solemnly sign the agreement. Karoline Leavitt's spokeswoman announced that on Friday Trump would undergo regular investigation and that it would be possible that "not long after" she would leave for the mediate East.
Exchange Details
Trump's plan is to release all the kidnapped in the first phase. erstwhile they are released, Israel is to release 250 Palestinians serving life imprisonment and 1,700 Gazans detained after the war. Hamas gave the negotiators a list of Palestinians to be released on Wednesday.
The first phase of the proposal besides includes halting the fighting, starting the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and expanding the influx of humanitarian aid. Subsequent provisions of the 20-point plan include Hamas' laying down of arms and handing over power in the enclave of the Palestinian Interim Administration under global supervision, as well as the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
Responses and negotiations
Netanyahu's office reported that after the truce, the Israeli Prime Minister had a "warm and emotional" telephone conversation with the US president and invited him to give a speech in the Israeli parliament, Kneset. The Israeli household Forum kidnapped by Hamas welcomed the announcement of the first phase of the truce, thanked Trump, but stressed that it would not remainder until all the hostages returned to the country.
On Monday, negotiations between Israel and Hamas have been underway in Egypt's Grey el-Sheik, in which representatives of Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the USA mediate. The negotiations are attended by peculiar Envoy of U.S. president Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law.
Context of the conflict
In the Gaza Strip there are 47 Israeli hostages kidnapped in the attack on October 7, 2023. According to the army, at least 20 of them are inactive alive. The war in the Gaza Strip has continued since the attack erstwhile Hamas killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped 251.
According to Hamas-controlled authorities, over 67.1 1000 Palestinians were killed in Israeli retaliation. Gaza is ruined, most of its inhabitants have become interior refugees. Aid organisations study a worsening humanitarian crisis, including hunger.
Sources used: "Truth Social", "Axios", "Haarec"
Note: This article has been edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.
