Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the "first phase" of the plan to suspend fighting and release at least 20 hostages still alive. Donald Trump announced the "historic" achievement on his social media platform, Truth.
The release of the hostages and the withdrawal of the IDF from the Gaza Strip are the first phase of the agreement, which will come into force after its ratification by the Israeli government and the signing of the agreement in Sharm el-Sheikh.
"I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed the first phase of our peace plan. This means that all hostages will be released very soon and Israel will withdraw its troops along an agreed-upon line , as a first step toward a strong and lasting peace," the American president wrote at the end of a day when signs that an agreement was imminent had become increasingly clear. The agreement also includes the opening of five crossings for humanitarian aid .
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Hamas: Mediators and the US assure that the war is over
"We have received assurances from the fraternal mediators and the US administration, who have confirmed that the war is completely over," Hamas's chief negotiator, Khalil al-Hayya, said, as reported by Al Jazeera. Al-Hayya added that 250 Palestinians serving life sentences in Israeli prisons will be released as part of the agreement, along with the 1,700 Palestinians from Gaza arrested since the start of the war.
TRUMP: HOSTAGES FREED MONDAY OR TUESDAY
"The hostages in Gaza will be released on Monday or Tuesday," Donald Trump said while chairing a cabinet meeting at the White House. Trump then added that "Hamas's disarmament will occur in the next phase of the agreement."
ISRAEL, GOVERNMENT RATIFICATION AWAITED
"With God's help, we will bring everyone home," commented Benjamin Netanyahu, who immediately convened Parliament to approve the plan and then called the American president. . The far-right coalition in government with Netanyahu, as is well known, does not approve of the agreement: Finance Minister . "There is immense fear of the consequences of emptying the prisons and who will do everything to continue shedding rivers of Jewish blood here, God forbid. For this reason alone, ."
