US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Sunday fully verified Of Israel The purpose of the conflict is Gaza Strip, saying that Hamas should be “ended” and throwing the fierce seizures into further doubts because the second phase has not begun.
Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the beginning of a regional visit, where US President Donald Trump is likely to move the Palestinian population out of Gaza and restore US President Donald to US ownership Trump will face a blow by Arab leaders.
Netanyahu has welcomed the project, saying that he and Trump have a “joint strategy” for Gaza. In the echo of Trump, he said, “The gates of hell will be open” if Hamas did not release the remaining dozens of hostages kidnapped in a militant group attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, who was 16 months old. The dispute was born.
The first phase of the seizure fire ends in two weeks and the second phase cannot be discussed yet, though the purpose of the talks was to start two weeks ago. In the second phase, Hamas will release dozens of hostages in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners, lasting war and withdrawal of Israeli forces.
Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Watkov, told Fox News that “Phase Two is exactly about starting” and had “very fruitful” with Netanyahu and Egypt and Qatar officials, It continues with a mediation, which works on the ongoing dialogue. This week, he also said that the hostages issued were 19 Israeli soldiers and “we believe they are all alive.”
Netanyahu's office said Israel's security cabinet will meet on Monday to discuss the second phase. Netanyahu directed the negotiators to leave for Cairo on Monday to discuss further implementation of the first phase.
Rubio said Hamas cannot continue as a military or government force.
“As long as it stands as a force that the government can do or as a force that can be managed or as a force that can pose a threat to the use of violence, peace is impossible It happens. ” “It must end.”
Hamas controlled Gaza when Seas Fire suffered heavy damage last month.
Rubio is also ready to visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, political heavy Whites in the region.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it launched an airstrike on Sunday, people who refer to its forces in southern Gaza. The Hamas Interior Ministry said three of its police officers were killed in the strike when they obtained rescue trucks near Rafah on the Egyptian border.
Restarting the conflict can take hostage
This week is a 500 -day sign of conflict. Netanyahu has indicated the preparations to resume the fighting after the current phase of the ceasefire, though it could be a death sentence for the rest of the hostages.
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Netanyahu has given Hamas an opportunity to surrender and send its top leaders to deportation. Hamas has rejected the scene and insisted on Palestinian rule. Spokeswoman Abdul Latif al -Qa'ano told the Associate Press that the group accepts the Palestinian Alliance's government or the technocratic committee to run Gaza.
Last week, Hamas threatened to stop the release of the hostages this week as Netanyahu has not yet approved the entry of mobile homes and heavy machinery into Gaza as needed by a ceasefire agreement. An Israeli official said on condition of anonymity in accordance with the rules and regulations that the issue would be discussed in the coming days, and Israel is in harmony with the United States.
In another symbol of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the Israeli Defense Ministry said it received a shipment of 84 pounds (900kg) MK -84 from the United States. The Biden administration last year stopped a shipment of such bombs over civilian casualties in Gaza.
'If someone has a better plan … that's great'
In an interview last week, Rubio indicated that a part of Trump's Gaza proposal was to pressure the Arab states to make their own plans after their conflict, which would be acceptable to Israel.
Rubio also suggested that Arab countries send troops to deal with Hamas.
“If anyone has a good plan, and we hope that they will do, if Arab countries have a good plan, it is great,” Rubio said on Thursday.
But “Hamas has a gun.” “Someone has to fight these boys. It is not going to be an American soldier. And if the countries of the region cannot evaluate the piece, Israel will have to do so.
Rubio did not meet Palestinians on a trip to the Middle East.
Arabs have limited options
For Arab leaders, facilitating Palestinians to deport Gaza on a large scale, or Israeli -fighting Palestinian militants are the scenario of nightmares that subjected domestic criticism and already an unstable region. Unstable.
Egypt will host an Arab summit on February 27 and is working with other countries, which will allow Gaza to be rebuilt without removing its population. Human rights groups say deportation of Palestinians would violate international law.
Egypt has warned that any massive arrival of Palestinians from Gaza will damage a half -century peace deal with Israel, which is a stone of US influence in the region.
Arabs and Muslim countries in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the areas that Israel occupied in the Central Conflict of 1967, somehow for Gaza after the return of the state with the state of the state, after the return of the state. Supported.
Israel has rejected any role in Gaza for a Palestinian state and Western -backed Palestinian Authority, whose forces were ousted when Hamas occupied power in 2007.
Rubio to visit regional heavy witches
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have rejected any mass migration of Palestinians and will be the key to any regional response.
The United Arab Emirates 2020 was a motivator behind the Ibrahim agreements, in which four Arab states – Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Sudan – had normalized relations with Israel during Trump's previous term. Trump hopes Saudi Arabia will be extended, which potentially offers close to US defense relations, but the Kingdom has said that it normalizes relations with Israel without the path of the Palestinian state. Will not come.
Rubio will not visit Egypt or Jordan, will close US allies with peace with Israel, who have refused to accept any arrival of Palestinian refugees. Trump has suggested that if he does not comply with it, he may reduce his aid, which can be destructive to their economies.
Rubio is also leaving Qatar.
B (b (b (Natalie Melzar reported from the Israeli city of Nehru. Associated Press Author Semi Magdi cooperated in Cairo's report.