Gaza peace plan talks to continue as Trump says chance of a deal is ‘really good’

Indirect negotiations aimed at reaching a final agreement in the US peace plan to end the war in Gaza will continue on Tuesday at the Egyptian city Sharm al-Sheikh.

The Palestinian and Egyptian officials told the BBC that the sessions focused on “creating field conditions” for a possible change that will see the release of all Israeli hostages for a number of Palestinian prisoners.

Israeli Prime Minister said on Saturday that “the coming days” hopes to announce the release of hostages, he said.

When the authorities met on Monday, US President Donald Trump said to journalists at the White House: “We have a chance to make an agreement and this will be a permanent agreement.”

Hamas partially accepted the peace plan proposals, but disarmed and Gaza has no future role in governance.

Second day The negotiations, which will see that Egyptian and Qatar officials organized service meetings with delegations from both Israel and Hamas, will take place on the second anniversary of the attack on Southern Israel led by Hamas on 7 October 2023 and that approximately 1,200 people were killed and 251 people are hosting.

The Israeli army launched a campaign in response to Gaza. Since then, according to the Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, the region has been killed by 18,000 children by Israeli military operations in Gaza.

United Nations Secretary -General Antonio Guterres, a statement commemorated his anniversary, Trump’s plan “offers an opportunity to seize to end this tragic conflict,” he said.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer reiterated his support in his statement in his anniversary of his anniversary: ​​”We welcome the US’s attempt to peace in the Middle East, and this government will do everything we can to bring the day when every Children of Israel can live with Palestinian neighbors in a peaceful way.”

A high -level Israeli safety source said that negotiations will initially focus on the release of hostages and give Hamas a few days to complete this stage.

These discussions have been expected to be ultimately since the beginning of the war and can determine that a path to end the conflict can finally reach.

US special ambassador Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son -in -law Jared Kushner and Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

Trump, who wrote on social media, called everyone who participated in the efforts to end the Gaza War to “move fast” and said to the first stage of the peace plan – “this week should be completed this week.”

On Monday, he told reporters, “Hamas accepted things that are very important,” he said.

“I really think we’ll have an agreement.” He said.

A Palestinian official close to the negotiations said that the first session to the Reuters news agency ended late on Monday evening and more talks on Tuesday.

Al-Qahera News of the state also said that negotiations will continue on Tuesday and the first day ended in the “positive atmosphere”.

The 20 -point plan adopted by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposes an immediate end and release of 48 hostages, which are thought to be alive only 20 in exchange for Gazans.

The plan foresees that both sides will “be sent to the Gaza Strip immediately”.

He also says that Hamas will have no role in Gaza administration and left the door open for a final Palestinian state.

However, after the plan was announced to the public a week ago, Netanyahu restored a long -standing opposition to a Palestinian state in a video statement: “We said that we will strongly oppose the Palestinian state.”

On Friday, Hamas answered the offer In a statement with the group According to the change formula in Trump’s proposal, both living and dead decided to release all Israeli prisoners.

He did not mention or accepted Trump’s 20 -point plan, but he said, “The Palestinian national consensus and the Gaza Strip based on Arab and Islamic support renewed the agreement to deliver the management of the Palestinian independent organ (technocrats).”

The statement did not mention one of the basic demands of the plan – that Hamas agreed to be disarmed and to play another role in Gaza’s governance.

He said that some of the proposals regarding the future of Gaza and the rights of the Palestinian people were still discussed in a “national framework” and would be a part of Hamas.

Many Palestinians described Hamas’s reaction to the peace plan after the indicators that the group is preparing to accept Trump’s peace plan or at least heavier conditioning.

Instead, Hamas refrained from incorporating traditional “red lines” into the official expression, many of them interpreted as a sign of external pressure.

European and Middle East leaders welcomed the offer. The Palestinian Authority (PA), which ruled the parts of the occupied West Bank, described the US president’s efforts as “sincere and determined”.

Iran, one of Hamas’s main sponsors for many years, has now shown Trump’s support for the Gaza Peace Plan.

The Israeli bombardment continued in various parts of the Gaza Strip on Monday before the talks.

Israel carries out an attack in the city, where it aims to ensure the release of the remaining hostages.

Gaza’s civil defense spokesman Mahmud Basal, operated by Hamas, said the BBC has not been allowed to help the city of Gaza since the attack began four weeks ago. “

“There are still bodies that we can’t get from areas under Israeli control.”

After the Israeli army had ordered a “human region” in the South, hundreds of thousands of Gaza cities had to flee, but it is believed that hundreds of thousands of people remain.

The Israeli Defense Minister warned that those who stayed during the attack would be “terrorists and terrorists supporters”.

The Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, was killed in 21 Palestinians in Gaza in the last 24 hours and 96 more injured.

International journalists have been banned by Israel from entering the Gaza Strip independently since the beginning of the war, making it difficult to verify from both sides.