Hamas says it accepts some components of Trump’s Gaza peace plan : NPR

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Abdel Kareem Hana/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas mentioned Friday that it has accepted some components of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to finish the battle within the Gaza Strip, together with giving up energy and releasing all remaining hostages, however that others require additional consultations amongst Palestinians.

The assertion got here hours after Trump mentioned that Hamas should comply with the deal by Sunday night, threatening a fair higher army onslaught practically two years into the battle sparked by the Oct. 7 assault into Israel. It was unclear how the U.S. and Israel would reply to partial acceptance.

Hamas mentioned it was keen to launch hostages in accordance with the plan's "system," seemingly referring to the discharge of Palestinian prisoners. It additionally reiterated its longstanding openness to handing energy over to a politically unbiased Palestinian physique.

But it surely mentioned points of the proposal bearing on the way forward for the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rights ought to be selected the premise of a "unanimous Palestinian stance" reached with different factions and based mostly on worldwide legislation.

The assertion additionally made no point out of Hamas disarming, a key Israeli demand included in Trump's proposal.

Trump's plan would finish the combating and return hostages Trump seems eager to ship on pledges to finish the battle and return dozens of hostages forward of the second anniversary of the assault on Tuesday. His peace plan has been accepted by Israel and welcomed internationally, however key mediators Egypt and Qatar have additionally mentioned some components want additional negotiation, with out elaborating.

"An Settlement have to be reached with Hamas by Sunday Night at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time," Trump wrote Friday on social media. "Each Nation has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE settlement isn't reached, all HELL, like nobody has ever seen earlier than, will get away towards Hamas. THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER."

Underneath the plan, which Trump unveiled earlier this week alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas would instantly launch the remaining 48 hostages — round 20 of them believed to be alive. It will additionally quit energy and disarm.

In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from a lot of the territory, launch a whole bunch of Palestinian prisoners and permit an inflow of humanitarian assist and eventual reconstruction. Plans to relocate a lot of Gaza's inhabitants to different nations could be shelved.

The territory of some 2 million Palestinians could be positioned underneath worldwide governance, with Trump himself and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair overseeing it. The plan offers no path for eventual reunification with the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution in a future Palestinian state.

A Hamas official advised The Related Press this week that some components of the plan are unacceptable and should be amended, with out elaborating. Palestinians lengthy for an finish to the battle, however many view this and former U.S. proposals as strongly favoring Israel.

U.S. and Israel search to strain Hamas Israel has sought to ramp up strain on Hamas since ending an earlier ceasefire in March. It sealed the territory off from meals, drugs and different items for two 1/2 months and has seized, flattened and largely depopulated massive areas of the territory.

Consultants decided that Gaza Metropolis had slid into famine shortly earlier than Israel launched a serious offensive geared toward occupying it. An estimated 400,000 individuals have fled town in latest weeks, however a whole bunch of 1000's extra have stayed behind.

Olga Cherevko, a spokesperson for the U.N. humanitarian workplace, mentioned she noticed a number of displaced households staying within the parking zone of Shifa Hospital throughout a go to on Thursday.

"They aren't capable of transfer south as a result of they only can't afford it," Cherevko advised The Related Press. "One of many households had three youngsters and the girl was pregnant along with her fourth. And there have been many different weak instances there, together with aged individuals and folks with disabilities."

Trump wrote that the majority of Hamas' fighters are "surrounded and MILITARILY TRAPPED, simply ready for me to offer the phrase, 'GO,' for his or her lives to be rapidly extinguished. As for the remainder, we all know the place and who you might be, and you'll be hunted down, and killed."

Most of Hamas' high leaders in Gaza and 1000's of its fighters have already been killed, however it nonetheless has affect in areas not managed by the Israeli army and launches sporadic assaults which have killed and wounded Israeli troopers.

Hamas has held agency to its place that it's going to solely launch the remaining hostages — its sole bargaining chip and potential human shields — in trade for an enduring ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal. Netanyahu has rejected these phrases, saying Hamas should give up and disarm.

Second anniversary approaches Hundreds of Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, attacking military bases, farming communities and an outside music competition, killing some 1,200 individuals, largely civilians. They kidnapped 251 others, most of them since launched in ceasefires or different offers.

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed greater than 66,000 Palestinians, in accordance with Gaza's Well being Ministry, which doesn't say what number of have been civilians or combatants. It says ladies and kids make up round half the useless.

The ministry is a part of the Hamas-run authorities, and the U.N. and plenty of unbiased specialists contemplate its figures to be essentially the most dependable estimate of wartime casualties.

The offensive has displaced round 90% of Gaza's inhabitants, typically a number of instances, and left a lot of the territory uninhabitable.

Each the Biden and Trump administrations have tried to finish the combating and convey again the hostages whereas offering in depth army and diplomatic help to Israel.