US EditionNetanyahu says Israel and Hamas will enter ceasefire's second phase soon
Israel’s next ceasefire phase depends on Hamas returning the last hostage’s remains and includes disarming Hamas and deploying an international force, Netanyahu said.
- On Dec 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump later this month after a White House invitation following a Monday call.
- The U.S.-backed plan calls for ending Hamas's rule in Gaza and envisages releasing Israeli hostages alongside an interim technocratic Palestinian government overseen by an international "board of peace" and backed by an international security force.
- Under the truce, since October 10, Hamas has returned all 20 living hostages and 27 bodies in exchange for around 2,000 Palestinian detainees, with one hostage body still in Gaza.
- Negotiators and guarantors are continuing talks at a critical moment, with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani saying a true ceasefire needs full withdrawal of Israeli forces and addressing Palestinian rights.
- Expecting the next step, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, said the first phase was nearly finished and `I will be having very important conversations at the end of the month on how to ensure the second phase will be achieved`.
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According to Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel is expected to enter the second phase of the US plan for the Gaza Strip at the turn of the year. He explained that the terrorist organization Hamas had returned the remains of the last Israeli hostage.
Israel's military chief, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, declared on Sunday that the line behind which Israeli forces have withdrawn in Gaza now effectively serves as a "new border," according to a statement issued by the army. During a visit to forces in northern Gaza on Sunday, he said the so-called "yellow line" was the new border, a forward defensive line for Israeli border communities and also a line of attack, foreign media write, reports Telegrafi. …
The Israeli army has withdrawn from parts of the Gaza Strip as part of a ceasefire, but the military continues to occupy a large area, so the Chief of Staff is now defining a new border.
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