Hope-filled reactions follow Hamas's response, marking a potential turning point in Israel's two-year war on Gaza. Global reactions, including from key mediators, to Hamas's partial acceptance of Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end Israel's war on Gaza, have been tinged with hope as the prospect of halting the two-year genocidal assault appears within reach. Late on Friday, the Palestinian group said that it was ready to release all remaining captives and hand over power to other Palestinians.
Prosecutors in Berlin said they have arrested three suspected Hamas operatives. The suspects were preparing attacks on Israeli and Jewish institutions in Germany, authorities said. Hamas has been designated a a terrorist organization by Germany, the EU, the US and several governments. The three men, two Germans and one Lebanese national, were identified by authorities as Abed Al G., Wael F. M. and Ahmad I.
News of a ceasefire plan to bring Israel's two-year-long campaign of genocide in Gaza to an end has been gaining traction, according to reports, and is expected to feature when United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at the White House on Monday. Trump's 21-point plan would end Israel's war on Gaza, which has killed at least 66,055 people and wounded 168,346 since it began in October 2023. Thousands more are believed to be dead and trapped under the rubble.
"First of all, I think we want to acknowledge that there is a genocide going on in Palestine," she told RTÉ Radio One's Morning Ireland. "Every country has the right to self-determine, how to govern. "Hamas who I have condemned over and over, I have never been equivocal on it," she said. "They were elected by the people the last time there was an election. They are part of the civil society."
Hamas who I have condemned over and over, I have never been equivocal on it, They were elected by the people the last time there was an election. They are part of the civil society. [Hamas] are reliant on them for figures in relation to the deaths. They are proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Israel is acting as a terrorist state.
The image released by Hamas was accompanied by a text, stating: Because of Netanyahu's refusal, and Zamir's capitulation, a farewell picture as the military operation in Gaza City begins. That was a reference to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's repeated rejection of any agreement with Hamas to put an end to the genocidal war in Gaza, and the expanding ground and air attacks led by Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir, despite his public objections to the government's conquest plans for Gaza City.
We were in a meeting, the negotiating delegation and some advisers. Less than an hour after we began reviewing the American proposal that we received from the Qatari mediators, we heard loud explosions, Ghazi Hamad told Al Jazeera Arabic on Wednesday. list of 3 itemsend of list We immediately left the scene, because we knew from the start that the explosions were Israeli shelling. We've lived in Gaza and experienced Israeli shelling before, Hamad added.