After Trump announced last Friday that he was assuming the agreement of an armistice this week, he spoke of a later date on Tuesday. “We assume that it will happen at some point next week,” said the US President. Netanyahu will pay his third visit to Washington next Monday since Trump’s taking office.
The Israeli government had recently asked Trump to arrange a ceasefire. Meanwhile, the Israeli army continues its commitment in the coastal strip and continued to extend it in the past few days.
The war in the Gaza Strip was triggered by the unprecedented major attack of the Islamist Hamas on October 7, 2023. According to Israeli information, more than 1210 people were killed, 251 people were deported to the Gaza Strip as hostages. 49 hostages are still captured by the Islamists, at least 27 of them are dead according to the army.
Since then, Israel has massively military in the coastal strip in response to the Hamas attack. According to the Hamas authorities, more than 56,500 people have so far been killed.
