"About 200 Hamas fighters remain trapped in Rafah tunnels as Israel refuses to grant them passage, threatening the truce. US mediator Jared Kushner has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the fragile US-backed ceasefire in Gaza. Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump who helped broker the agreement, met Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday as part of US efforts to stabilise the tenuous truce."
"The officials discussed plans for the disarmament of Hamas, the deployment of international security forces and the establishment of a technocratic government in the territory that excludes Hamas, she said. Hamas has repeatedly insisted that relinquishing its weapons is a red line. Addressing Israel's parliament, the Knesset, Netanyahu promised that Gaza would be demilitarised, either the easy way or the hard way,"
"A key point of contention remains a group of roughly 200 Hamas fighters trapped in tunnels beneath Rafah, an area still controlled by Israeli forces. Hamas has demanded their safe passage to Gaza's interior, but Israel has refused. The US's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, described the proposal to grant the fighters safe passage in exchange for disarmament as a test case for the broader peace plan."
About 200 Hamas fighters remain trapped in Rafah tunnels while Israel refuses to grant them safe passage, putting a fragile ceasefire at risk. Jared Kushner met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem as part of US efforts to stabilise the US-backed truce. The ceasefire has partly halted two years of Israeli bombardment that devastated Gaza and caused tens of thousands of deaths. Talks concentrated on contentious elements of a 20-point peace plan, including disarmament of Hamas, deployment of international security forces, and creation of a technocratic government excluding Hamas. Negotiations over the Rafah fighters and disarmament remain ongoing.
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