The Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas has accepted parts of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza War. Then Trump called on Israel to an immediate end of the bombing of the Gaza Strip. Leading western politicians expressed hope that there is now an opportunity for an end to the fights. However, many questions are still open, there are further negotiations. An overview of difficult points:
The weapons are still not silent
Trump had written on the Truth Social platform early Friday evening (local time): “Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza so that we can free the hostages!” It was initially unclear whether and when Israel would hire the attacks. A notification of the office of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at night contained no indication of Trump’s request – only the announcement of “the immediate implementation of the first phase of Trump’s plan for the immediate release of all hostages”.
According to Palestinian information, the Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip continued in the morning. On request, Israel’s army initially did not comment on it. However, a military spokeswoman said that a stop of the attacks was not officially announced by the army. Several Israeli media had reported that the army had been instructed to hire its offensive to conquer the city of Gaza. According to the reports, the military continued to defend itself against local threats, including air strikes.
Fast release of the hostages?
The terrorist organization Hamas said that it was fundamentally ready to leave all living and dead hostages. The prerequisite is the dismissal of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons provided for in the peace plan and that “reasonable conditions for the exchange on site are guaranteed” – without explaining these conditions. Hamas had repeatedly used the kidnapped people as its most important means of pressure. That would give her out of her hand.
It is open whether Hamas is able to hand over the hostages within 72 hours, as the Trump plan provides for. According to reports, the organization itself does not assume. In the past, she has declared mediators that she did not know where some of the hostage corpses are.
What is known about the condition of the hostages
There are still 48 hostages in the Gaza Strip, 20 of whom is still alive according to Israeli information – including German citizens. According to media reports from mid -September, Hamas is said to have brought several hostages that had previously been recorded in tunnels to places above the earth in the city of Gaza.
People are captured under cruel conditions. Previously, hostage -released hostages have reported torture and severe abuse. Some were also tied up. There were also reports on sexualized violence. In videos published by terrorist organizations, hostages were recently seen.
The Hamas response leaves central points open
Hamas accepted parts of the Trump plan, but at the same time called for further negotiations, for example on the process of release the hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners. According to reports, Israel wants to send a delegation to Egypt for talks. The negotiations could begin on Sunday, it said from Egyptian security circles and in a report by the Israeli broadcaster Channel 12.
Among other things, Hamas has not agreed to put down its weapons on how the peace plan provides. According to the plan, Hamas members are supposed to commit and can receive or leave amnesty. The terrorist organization did not comment on this either. In its charter, Hamas calls for the destruction of the state of Israel and the violent establishment of an Islamic state of Palestine from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean in the west.
According to Channel 12, Israel initially only wants to talk about the point of the release of the hostages during the negotiations in Egypt. The country wants to discuss other controversial aspects later. From Egyptian security circles it was said that all parties were carefully optimistic to conclude a first phase of the agreement in the negotiating round.
Gaza strip without Hamas?
The Islamist organization Hamas had said that it agreed that the area would be ruled by a transitional government of Palestinian Technocrats after the end of the war under the supervision of an international body. However, it remained unclear whether she also agreed to the demand for Trump’s peace plan that she was not allowed to play a role.
How do Netanyahu’s right -wing extremist government partners react?
So far, Natanjahu’s government partner has not commented on the latest developments. A reaction is only expected after the end of the Jewish rest day, which lasts from Friday evening to Saturday evening. The coalition partners had previously sharply criticized Trump’s peace plan. You want to annex and resist the coastal strip, from which Israel had withdrawn 20 years ago.
Netanyahu, against which a corruption process is running, is dependent on his right -wing extremist coalition partners for his political survival. It is possible that this will leave the government in protest about the agreement and that the government and new elections fall.
