US President Donald Trump said on Saturday (local time) that Israel agreed to the initial download line waiting to confirm from Hamas and the ceasefire will start immediately.
In Social Trump’s Trump post, “After the negotiations, Israel agreed to the initial download line, which we showed and shared with Hamas. If Hamas confirms, the ceasefire will immediately be effective, the hostage and exchange of prisoners will begin and start the conditions for the next phase of the withdrawal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed the hope that the release of all Gaza hostages can soon be announced, perhaps in the next few days. This comes when Israel and Hamas engage in indirect discussions in Egypt on a new American proposal aimed at ending the ongoing conflict on Monday.
In a short statement on Saturday evening, Netanyahu mentioned that he sent a delegation to Egypt to develop logistics details.
Trump later said the ceasefire will start immediately as soon as Hamas confirms the “initial download line” in Gaza. It seemed that the map with his contribution on the social media shows that most of the Gaza is still open to Israeli forces.
Trump also ordered Israel to stop the bombing of the gazetus. Some reported a remarkable relaxation of Israel’s strikes on Saturdays, although hospital officials said at least 22 people were killed, including women and children.
The Israeli army said the leaders ordered to prepare for the first phase of the American plan. Israel has moved to a defensive position in Gaza and will not actively strike, said an official who was not entitled to talk to the media in the record.
Momentum before the war anniversary
Trump seems to be in his commitment to fulfill his promises to end the war and ensure the release of all hostages before the second anniversary of Hamas attack 7 October 2023. His plan received wide international support. On Friday, Netanyahu’s office also confirmed Israel’s determination at the end of the conflict.
The purpose of Monday’s indirect interviews is to prepare the way for the release of hostages from Gaza and Palestinians from Israeli detention, said the mediator Egypt.
The head of the Egyptian clerk said that American envoy Steve Witkoff is traveling to Egypt to lead the American negotiating team. Interviews will also discuss maps showing the expected withdrawal of Israeli forces from certain areas in Gaza, said an official who spoke on an anonymity because he was not entitled to inform the media, as stated by AP.
The official also stated that Arab mediators are preparing for a comprehensive dialogue between Palestinians aimed at unifying their position towards the future of Gaza. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the second most powerful militant group in Gaza, said she had previously accepted Hamas’s answer after the plan was rejected.
The Ministry of Health of Gaza said that the number of victims of Palestinian death in the war reached 67,000. The acknowledgment jumped after the ministry said it added more than 700 names whose data was verified.
The Ministry of Health does not say how many of them were civilians or warriors. It is said that women and children make up about half of the dead. The Ministry is part of the government of Run’s Hamas and the UN, and many independent experts consider its data to be the most reliable estimate of war victims.
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