NO ROLE FOR HAMAS
Gaza’s civil defence company, a rescue power working below Hamas authority, stated Israeli assaults killed at the least 20 folks throughout the territory on Sunday, 13 of them in Gaza Metropolis.
On Sunday night time and Monday morning, airstrikes have been carried out in Khan Yunis and elements of Gaza Metropolis, whereas artillery shelling and gunfire from drones continued in areas east of Gaza Metropolis, the civil defence instructed AFP.
“There was a noticeable lower within the variety of air strikes (since final night time). The tanks and army automobiles have barely pulled again,” stated Muin Abu Rajab, 40, a resident of the town’s Al-Rimal neighbourhood.
Hamas has insisted it ought to have a say within the territory’s future, although Trump’s roadmap stipulates that it and different factions “not have any function within the governance of Gaza”.
The US plan, endorsed by Netanyahu, requires a halt to hostilities, the discharge of hostages inside 72 hours, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Hamas’s disarmament – one thing the group has described as a crimson line previously.
Beneath the proposal, administration of the territory could be taken up by a technocratic physique overseen by a post-war transitional authority headed by Trump himself.
“We hope Trump will strain Netanyahu and power him to cease the warfare,” stated Ahmad Barbakh, a resident of the Al-Mawasi space.
“We would like the prisoner trade deal to be accomplished shortly in order that Israel has no excuse to proceed the warfare.”
Hamas’s October 2023 assault resulted within the deaths of 1,219 folks, principally civilians, in keeping with an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at the least 67,139 Palestinians, in keeping with well being ministry figures within the Hamas-run territory that the United Nations considers dependable.
