US President Donald Trump announced on the night from Wednesday to Thursday that Israel and Hamas had approved the first stage of his peace plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday evening, during a meeting of the Israeli Security Cabinet, the terms of the agreement were officially adopted.
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“The government has just approved the conditions for the release of all hostages: living and dead,” said Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the X website.
Earlier, one of the leaders of Hamas, Khalil al-Hajja, announced that he had obtained guarantees from the US, Arab countries and Turkey that the war with Israel in the Gaza Strip had been permanently ended.
Israel approved the agreement. What will happen now
According to Israeli media, after the official approval of the agreement, Israeli troops will stop fighting and within 24 hours will withdraw to the previously agreed line so that they will control 53 percent. territory of the Gaza Strip. Currently, they occupy at least 75 percent. this area.
Within 72 hours, Hamas should release all 20 kidnapped people alive and as many bodies as possible of the 28 killed hostages. Israel will then release 250 Palestinians sentenced to life imprisonment and 1,700 Gaza residents detained after the war broke out two years ago.
What does the next part of the peace plan involve?
Further provisions of Trump's 20-point peace plan include, among others: the laying down of arms by Hamas and the transfer of power in the enclave to a Palestinian interim administration under international supervision, as well as the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
These issues have not been discussed yet. According to Qatari media, talks on this subject are to begin the day after the hostages are released. Donald Trump confirmed that he is going to the Middle East on Sunday and would like to be in Israel when the hostages are released, which he says will happen on Monday or Tuesday.
