Israel will not agree to a truce, which will allow Hamas to stay in the Gaza Strip – declared Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, before departure to the USA. Netanyahu is to meet on Monday with US President Donald Trump.
Binjamin Netanyahu: Hamas will not be in the Gaza Strip
“We will not allow a situation that encourages kidnappings and murders (…), it means that we will destroy Hamas's military abilities,” said Netanyahu, adding that Hamas will “not” in the Gaza Strip.
In recent days, Trump announced the rapid conclusion of a truce several times, and according to the media, he pressed both Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement.
The American leader announced on Tuesday that Israel agreed to the conditions necessary to finalize the contract. Hamas informed on Friday that he had positively referred to the latest proposal of the truce, but further conversations are needed. Netanyahu recognized the changes proposed by Hamas for unpunning, but still sent a delegation to Qatar to the next round of negotiations.
As the media reported, the most serious obstacle in negotiations is the issue of ending the war. Israel wants his right to resume fighting after a truce. The Palestinian organization demands that the agreement guarantees the permanent end of the conflict from the beginning.
The government in Jerusalem consistently emphasizes that the war will end only after the complete defeat of Hamas, including disarming this terrorist group, removing it from the rule in the Gaza Strip and banishing its leaders. According to the statements of Hamas representatives, the group rejects at least some of these conditions.
Netanyahu also said that I would like to thank Trump for his support in the war with Iran ended on June 24 with a “huge victory”. He added that currently Israel has a chance to make lasting changes in the loved one and the extension of the “circle of peace” in this region.
Meeting of Donald Trump and Binjamin Netanyahu in the USA
Trump and Netanyahu are to meet in the White House on Monday at 18.30 Washington Time (0.30 on Tuesday in Poland) – wrote the Times of Israel portal, citing information of the Netanyahu office.
The Haarec daily added that the leaders will not talk in the oval office, but they will eat dinner together, and the meeting will be closed to journalists and no press conference is expected after him.
On Monday, before the meeting with President Netanyah, he is to talk to the Secretary of State Marek Rubio and the Middle East Steve Witkoff's Middle East, said Times of Israel. Netanyahu's visit to the US is to last until Thursday.
