"Under the terms of that agreement, after the exchange of all captives held in Gaza, living and dead, aid deliveries into the enclave and the freezing of all front lines, Gaza would move towards phase two, which includes negotiations on establishing a technocratic board of peace to administer the enclave and the deployment of an international security force to safeguard it."
"So far, Netanyahu has not allowed in all of the required aid that Gaza desperately needs and is also maintaining that phase two cannot be entered into until Hamas returns the body of the last remaining captive. He has also demanded that Hamas disarms before Israel withdraws its forces, a suggestion fully endorsed by Trump after Monday's meeting. Hamas has repeatedly rejected disarmament being forced upon it by Israel,"
Benjamin Netanyahu returned from a US visit having won strong public support from President Donald Trump, who called him a hero and said Israel had lived up to the ceasefire plan. US officials had reportedly been frustrated by slow implementation of a 20-point ceasefire plan imposed in October, suspecting Netanyahu might delay to preserve options for renewed hostilities. The ceasefire terms require captive exchanges, full aid deliveries, and frozen front lines before moving to phase two, which envisages a technocratic board and an international security force. Netanyahu has limited aid entry and insists phase two awaits the return of the last captive's body and Hamas disarmament. Hamas has repeatedly rejected forced disarmament and treats arms as an internal matter.
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