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Key Points from Trump’s Comprehensive ‘Peace Plan’ for the Gaza Strip?

Provided that each faction accept a comprehensive set of requirements, the end of fighting will be paired with the freeing of all individuals held by Hamas, whether deceased or surviving, “in under three days” of Israel’s leadership publicly accepting the arrangement.

In return for the release of hostages, the Israeli state would let go 250 Palestinians currently serving indefinite prison terms and 1,700 Palestinians in Gaza apprehended after the conflict started on 7 October 2023 subsequent to the fatal Hamas offensive on Israel.

For each Israeli national held hostage whose remains are released, Israel will hand back the corpses of 15 Palestinian fatalities.

The plan does not require a total Israeli retreat ahead of the captive release. Instead, the Israeli army would retreat to an mutually accepted border, within the Gaza area, to prepare for a hostage release.

The proposal states that all armed activities, such as air strikes and shelling, will be suspended in the course of the exchange operation and front lines will stay fixed until “conditions are met for the complete staged withdrawal”.

Once every captive are released, clemency will be granted to individuals associated with Hamas – the armed Islamist faction that the premier of Israel, PM Netanyahu, has frequently sworn to eradicate – who consent to peaceful coexistence and to decommission their weapons.

Individuals who desire to depart the Gaza region will be provided with protected movement to countries who have approved their entry.

This twenty-point proposal envisions the Gaza Strip as “an area free from radicalization and terror that poses zero a risk to neighboring countries”. Furthermore, it says the area will be “redeveloped for the welfare of the Gaza residents, who have experienced immense suffering”.

Crucially, and opposing the perspective of certain the far-right allies of Netanyahu, Israel’s leadership will avoid occupying or take over the land, which was the location of 21 Israeli settlements prior to their inhabitants were withdrawn in 2005.

Additionally, no anyone be compelled to depart the Gaza region, the proposal assures. People who wish to leave will be allowed to do so without restriction and permitted to return.

Hamas will be prohibited from any involvement, “in any capacity”, in the upcoming leadership of the territory.

Donald Trump Encourages Delegates to ‘Move Fast’ as They Meet in the Egyptian Republic for Gaza Discussions

President Trump has called on representatives of Hamas and Israel gathering in Egypt for key negotiations targeting concluding the war led by Israel in the Gaza Strip to “act quickly,” stating, in comments on Sunday, that there had been “very positive” discussions.

President Trump commented:

There were highly favorable negotiations with Hamas, and Nations from across the planet (Arab, Muslim, and various other countries) during the weekend, to liberate the detainees, end the War in the Gaza region but, even more significantly, finally have long sought peace in the area of the Middle East.

These talks have been very successful, and moving quickly. The technical teams will reconvene Monday, in Egypt, to tackle and finalize the remaining specifics. I am told that the first phase will likely finish this week, and I am urging all parties to ACT QUICKLY.

The United States delegate Steve Witkoff is expected to join the discussions, according to Israeli media, in addition to Israeli delegates and a Palestinian delegation headed by Khalil al-Hayya, the vice chairman of the political office of the Hamas movement.

Khalil al-Hayya is scheduled to confer with intermediaries from Egyptian and Qatari officials in Cairo today in the morning, prior to talks in the Egyptian tourist destination of Sharm El Sheikh.

Nevertheless, the lead negotiator for Israel, the strategic affairs minister Minister Dermer, is expected to join talks in the coming days, subject to developments in the talks, according to several officials from Israel.

Positive outlook on a prospective cessation of hostilities has grown globally, with western and Arab leaders pressuring both Hamas and Israel to finalize a settlement. On Sunday, the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and showed approval for the Trump plan, calling it “the best chance for resolution”, based on a official statement.