‘I feel like we are in a trap’: Gaza residents hopeful but wary of Trump’s peace plan | Gaza
WHen Arij al-Farra heard that Hamas partially accepted Donald Trump’s plan and that the US President ordered Israel to stop bombing Gaza, the first thing he felt was trembling. The second thing he felt was an explosion. A Israeli plane had left a bomb close to the tent in Khan Younis, Southern Gaza, Southern Gaza.
Although it was a chance that saved al-Farra from death, it took the attack as a bad sign for peace expectations in Gaza.
The 23 -year -old English teacher, who replaced Khan Younis, said, orum I feel that we are in a trap. Although Hamas accepts it or not, we will not be safe.
Al-Farra was not alone in skepticism that Hamas’s acceptance of the Plan of the US President in the skepticism, which was aware of Friday, would lead to the end of the two-year war in Gaza.
Hamas’s hostages and release agreement agreement was greeted by Trump and most of the international community as a step towards peace on Friday.
However, the inhabitants of Gaza were here before.
Trump promised a few times a ceasefire for days, just for the sudden collapse of the negotiations. According to the world’s leading authority in the world’s food crises, after deciding to continue the war in March and siege the region and create famine in some parts of Gaza, a six -week ceasefire broke a ceasefire at the beginning of the year.
Al-Farra, “I have very little hope in this agreement, because when we’re on the verge of a ceasefire, something that changes the course of plans is happening,” he said.
Nevertheless, others could not help, but he could finally hoped that he could finally kill more than 67,000 Palestinians, about 170,000 more wounded, and most of Gaza destroyed.
“I hope and this time I expect the agreement that the agreement will be more serious than the previous ones,” he said. “A breakthrough in the ceasefire agreement would be a good thing. He would meet the demands of the Palestinian people and give a sense of hope and security to civilians in Northern Gaza.”
If fully applied, Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza would be deeply unfavorable for Hamas and other Palestinian groups.
48 -year -old professor at Islamic University. “This plan was prepared by American hands and the war itself continued with open American support.
However, for most exhausted inhabitants of Gaza, neither politics nor Hamas survive was priority.
Abu Faris said, “Now my priority is to end the war completely.
He had lost most of his close relatives to war and was displaced four times, and each time he returned to find his home more damaged. As in the Northern Gaza, where Israel’s bombardment was intense, the fight could have lost much more if it did not end soon.
The UN Investigation Commission, various Human Rights Organization and the world’s leading Genocide Scholars Association concluded that Israel is genocide in Gaza. Israel refused to blame, and says that it only acts in defense. Initially, he launched the Gaza war after the militants led by Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages in an attack on October 7, 2023.
Neither Abu Faris nor Al-Farra did not believe that Israel would negotiate the end of the war in good faith or to determine its own destiny for the Palestinians. Especially for Al-Farra, the expectation of disarmament was an alarming thing.
However, if almost ruthless bombing of their homes is terminated, both said the agreement would be worth it.
Al-Farra, “for me to finish the war is not about silencing our rights. This is about taking a deep breath, ourselves, our lives, priorities and thoughts are about reorganizing our thoughts,” he said.
