The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “procrastination” at the start of negotiations on the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, while sending American in the Middle East, Stephen and Witakouf, defended the president of Donald Trump’s plan on Gaza and said.
“The negotiations of the second stage did not start practically and are ready to participate, according to what has been stipulated in the cease-fire agreement in Gaza,” said Hamas spokesman Abdel -Latif al -Qanoua -in a press release.
For his part, the American envoy in the Middle East – today Thursday – said that the second stage in the agreement was more difficult, but with hard work, there will be a chance to succeed.
Witkeov added – at a conference in the American state of Miami – that the second stage of the agreement is supposed to end the war in Gaza, noting that Israel has what it called a “red line “That Hamas cannot overcome, which is to continue to control the band and said that who it is difficult to find a solution to this problem.
Trump’s envoy for the Middle East explained that there was a lot of progress in the talks on the second stage, and he expressed his hope that this will lead to good results.
Wittouf defended President Trump’s plan on Gaza and said he was not aiming to move the Palestinians, but rather aims to assure them a better future, explaining that “when the president speaks, he means that he wants Put everyone to think of the best convincing solution for the Palestinian people.
“Do Palestinians just seek to live in a house in Gaza, or are they looking for an opportunity to move in a better place, to obtain better jobs, work and financial prospects?”
An American meeting -Israéli
Meanwhile, the American Axius website cited an Israeli official that the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, will meet Wattouf in Washington concerning the second stage of the agreement with the Resistance.
The 14th Israeli canal cited a political source that Netanyahu intends to degenerate military operations in Gaza and resume war there, after the end of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.
According to the Channel close to the Prime Minister, the political source confirmed that there was a trend with the government of Netanyahu to extend the first stage up to two weeks in order to release the greatest number of prisoners, in particular the districts of them, even if the price is the release of additional Palestinian prisoners.
With the mediation of Egypt and Qatar and the support of the United States, it started on January 19, and he includes 3 stages, each of 42 days, but Israel is to date at the start of the second stage negotiations .
In the first stage of the agreement, the articles gradually indicate the release of 33 Israelis held in Gaza, be it the districts or the bodies of the dead, compared to a certain number of Palestinian and Arab prisoners estimated between 1700 and two thousand people.