US president says Hamas disarming could prompt new phase of peace plan ‘very quickly’, while Netanyahu still seeks return of final hostage body
What a waste of time – Netanyahu keeps up the Genocide in Gaza and the Land grab in the West Bank so any chance of peace can only be achieved by total destruction of all things Palestinian and Trump knows this and encourages it – Peter
Donald Trump hopes to reach the next stage of the Gaza peace plan “very quickly” but Hamas must disarm, he said as he hosted the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, at Mar-a-Lago on Monday.
The trip by Netanyahu to Florida comes amid a new push by officials in Washington to force concessions from Israel to allow progress towards the second phase, which envisions rebuilding Gaza as a demilitarised zone under international supervision.
Asked by reporters how soon this could be achieved, Trump replied: “Very quickly. As quickly as we can, but there has to be a disarmament, you know that … There has to be a disarming of Hamas. Otherwise: very quickly.”
The two proceeded to a lunch meeting inside Mar-a-Lago along with their delegations. Netanyahu was expected to tell Trump that Hamas must return the remains of the last Israeli hostage left in Gaza before the next stages of the stalled ceasefire can be implemented, Israeli officials and analysts said.
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