Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped to “announce” the publication of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days” Outlined at the beginning of this week.
In a short explanation on Saturday, Netanyahu said that he had sent a delegation to Egypt “to complete technical details” and added that “our goal was to contain these negotiations on a time frame of a few days”.
But Netanyahu signaled that there would be no full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza, which Hamas has asked for a long time.
On Friday, Hamas said in an explanation that they agreed to parts of the peace agreement, including the demand to publish all hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, the group suggested that other parts of the deal should be subject to the negotiation.
A US official announced CBS News that Hamas’s US reaction is considered positive, although there are details that still have to be worked out, such as: B. the decommissioning of weapons that could start until next week.
After Hamas published her explanation, Mr. Trump said on Friday Truth social That he believes that the group is “ready for a permanent peace”. He urged Israel to set hostilities in the Gaza Strip.
“Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza so that we can get the hostages out safely and quickly! At the moment it is far too dangerous to do this. We are already in discussions about details to find out,” wrote the president.
“In view of Hamas’ reaction, Israel prepares to implement the first phase of Trump’s plan for the immediate publication of all hostages”, an explanation that was published early Saturday morning of Netanyahu on early Saturday morning. “We will continue to work in full cooperation with the President and his team to end the war according to the principles defined by Israel that match the vision of President Trump.”
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In a separate explanation, the Israeli defense forces said that their high-ranking military officers held a meeting overnight in which Lieutenant General Gen. Eyal Zamir, the IDF chief, had “instructed the willingness to implement the first phase of the Trump plan for the release of the hostages”.
An Israeli political source told CBS News that the discontinuation of the activities of the IDF in the Gaza Strip should enable Hamas to organize for the publication of the hostages. The source added that this is not an official ceasefire in which Hamas would return the hostages within 72 hours, as described in the plan.
“This is not the beginning of an withdrawal, although there may be tactical improvements to protect our soldiers,” added the source. “We constantly examine what is happening on site and do not allow the terrorist organizations to try to take the opportunity and carry out an attack at the last minute or to strengthen their grip on the ground.”
The source said the negotiations should begin on Sunday.
In the meantime, another source, which was familiar with the Israeli negotiation team, shared CBS News that she was preparing when traveling.
Steve Witkoff in the Middle East, the US special officer, will travel to Egypt for the talks, a high -ranking US official confirmed to CBS News. Jared Kushner, the president’s son -in -law, is also expected to take part. CBS News turned to the White House to get more information.
Posted in a video Truth social Later Friday, Mr. Trump called the deal “in many ways” and thanked several Arab and majority Muslim countries, which helped the deal as mediators, including Qatar and Egypt.
“This is a big day,” said Mr. Trump in the video. “We will see how everything goes out. We have to make the last word down and concrete.”
In A Post -observation post To truth, social Saturday afternoon, Mr. Trump wrote: “After the negotiations, Israel agreed to the initial retreat, which we showed with Hamas and with which we shared it. When Hamas confirms, the ceasefire will immediately be effective, the hostages and the exchange of prisoners will start, and we will create the conditions for the next phase of withdrawal.
The article contained a card of what the proposed payout line could look like.
Also on Saturday, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the second most powerful militant group in Gaza, said that the Hamas reaction to the Trump plan was accepted. The group had previously rejected the proposal days.
Hamas says it is ready to publish hostages, to hand over control over Gaza
Hamas said it was ready to publish all living hostages and the remains of deceased hostages, “according to the Exchange formula specified in the proposal of President Trump”. The proposal set out by the White House asked Hamas to release all hostages taken on October 7, 2023, and Israel 250 Palestinians, which were used to release lifelong sentences and 1,700 other Gazans, which were recorded after the conflict began.
The deal also called for an immediate end of the fights when both sides accept the deal and that Israel’s military to resist on an “agreed line”.
Hamas also said that it was ready to “hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian part of independent (technocrats), based on the Palestinian national consensus and with the support of Arab and Islamic parties” – another part of Mr. Trump’s proposal.
A high -ranking Egyptian civil servant informed the AP that talks for the release of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel liability are underway. The official, who is involved in the ceasefire negotiations, also said that the Arab mediators are preparing for a comprehensive dialogue of the Palestinians. The talks aim to combine the Palestinian position on the future of Gazas.
The group was less clear in other parts of the business. The explanation states that some aspects of Mr. Trump’s proposal “remain associated with a comprehensive national attitude based on relevant international laws and resolutions”. It is said that these topics must be discussed “in an integrative Palestinian national framework”, which includes Hamas.
It is not clear whether Hamas has agreed that it will not play a role in Gaza’s governance, which was a determination of Mr. Trump’s proposal.
The planUnveiled on September 29 by Mr. Trump and was supported by Netanyahu, Hamas asked to free all remaining Israeli hostages and the Israeli military to withdraw from parts of the Gaza Strip in phases, starting with a first retreat before the hostages are freed. It also proposed to hand over parts of the Gaza Strip to a “technocratic” Palestinian committee and to use a temporary security disputes supported by Arab states.
Netanyahu, who Mr Trump joined For a joint press conference in the White House, when the 20-point proposal was announced, he said that he supported the plan, and if Hamas does not accept the offer, “Israel will end the job itself.”
“We give everyone the opportunity to do this peacefully,” Netanyahu said and warned Hamas what would happen if they did not agree to the proposal. “But if Hamas rejects her plan, Mr. President or if he supposedly accepts him and then do everything to counter him, Israel will end the job of himself. This can be done in a simple way, otherwise it can be done on the hard tour, but it will be done.”
The President announced Netanyahu on Monday that Hamas would reject the proposal: “They had our full support to do what they had to do.“
Mr. Trump had said that his goal was to ensure a “sustainable, long -term peace”. The President also said on Monday that he and Netanyahu “had waited for signatures and waiting for permits from many different countries that are involved”.
Israel and Hamas have had war in war since October 7, 2023, when the terrorists in South Sala’s terrorists led, killed around 1,200 people and took 251 hostages. Since then, Israel has managed an intensive air bombing and a floor campaign in the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas-led Gaza inintent Ministry of Health, more than 66,000 Palestinians were killed, in which it is not determined how many of the dead civilians or militants were.
Around 50 hostages are still in the Gaza, of which, according to the Israeli authorities, fewer than half of them are alive.
Claire Day, Margaret Brennan, Lucia Suarez Sang and Melissa Gaffney contributed to this report.
