US EditionNetanyahu says Israel and Hamas will enter ceasefire's second phase soon
Netanyahu said the second phase involves disarming Hamas and demilitarizing Gaza and will start only after Hamas returns the last hostage remains, completing the first phase.
- On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is 'very shortly' expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire, adding he will meet President Donald Trump later this month.
- Because Hamas must hand over the last body, completion of the first phase hinges on returning Ran Gvili's remains, the last hostage in the Gaza Strip.
- Phase two would include disarming Hamas, demilitarising Gaza and installing an interim technocratic Palestinian government, with Germany sending officers and diplomats to a U.S.-led coordination centre in southern Israel.
- Israel has warned Hamas militants of stalled handovers and threatened to resume military operations or withhold aid, while Gaza's Health Ministry reports more than 370 Palestinians killed and six bodies in the past 24 hours.
- However, critics note 'I will be having very important conversations at the end of the month on how to ensure the second phase will be achieved', Netanyahu said, while U.S. reporting suggests the administration aims to announce the move by year-end.
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