DOHA: The nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will not be complete until Israeli troops withdraw from the Palestinian territory under a peace plan backed by Washington and the UN, mediator Qatar&#39;s prime minister said Saturday.&nbsp;&quot;Now we are at the critical moment ... A ceasefire cannot be completed unless there is a full withdrawal of the Israeli forces, (and) there is stability back in Gaza,&quot; Qatari premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told the Doha Forum, an annual diplomatic conference in the Gulf state&#39;s capital.&nbsp;Qatar, alongside the United States and Egypt, helped secure the long-elusive truce in Gaza, which came into effect on Oct. 10 and has mostly halted two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas.&nbsp;Under a second phase of the deal, which has yet to begin, Israel is to withdraw from its positions in the territory, an interim authority is to take over governance, and an international stabilization force (ISF) is to be deployed.&nbsp;Arab and Muslim nations have been hesitant to participate in the new stabilization force, which could end up fighting Palestinian militants.&nbsp;Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, also speaking at the forum, said talks on the force were ongoing and that critical questions remained about its command structure and which countries would contribute.&nbsp;But its first goal, Fidan said, &quot;should be to separate Palestinians from the Israelis.&quot;&nbsp;&quot;This should be our main objective. Then we can address the other remaining issues,&quot; he added.&nbsp;Hamas is also supposed to disarm under the 20-point plan first outlined by US President Donald Trump, with members who decommission their weapons allowed to leave Gaza. The militant group has repeatedly rejected the proposition.&nbsp;Turkey has indicated it wants to take part in the stabilization force, but its efforts are viewed unfavorably in Israel, which considers Ankara too close to Hamas.&nbsp;&quot;I think the only viable way to finish this war is to engage faithfully and forcefully in peace talks,&quot; Fidan said.&nbsp;Sheikh Mohammed said Qatar and fellow truce guarantors Turkiye, Egypt, and the US were &quot;getting together in order to force the way forward for the next phase&quot; of the deal.&nbsp;&quot;And this next phase is just also temporary from our perspective,&quot; he said.&nbsp;&quot;If we are ... just resolving what happened in the last two years, it&#39;s not enough,&quot; he continued, calling for a &quot;lasting solution that provides justice for both people.&quot;&nbsp;Deployment of stabilization force in Gaza &#39;as soon as possible&#39;Egypt&#39;s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Saturday urged the rapid deployment of an international ceasefire monitoring force under the second phase of a peace deal for the Gaza Strip. &quot;As for the International Stabilization Force, we need to deploy this force as soon as possible on the ground because one party, which is Israel, is every day violating the ceasefire ... so we need monitors,&quot; the minister said. He warned that Egypt&#39;s Rafah crossing into Gaza &quot;is not going to be a gateway for displacement. It&#39;s only for flooding Gaza with humanitarian and medical care.&quot;

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Gaza’s ceasefire incomplete without full Israeli withdrawal; urges second phase with a stabilization force; Egypt demands rapid deployment of monitors and rejects Rafah’s use for displacement.

Qatar PM says Gaza truce incomplete without 'full withdrawal' by Israel

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ISLAMABAD: Qatar&#39;s prime minister and Turkish delegates will join Hamas and Israeli negotiators in Egypt on Wednesday for a third day of talks aimed at ending the Gaza war, AFP reported. Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas are being held at the Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, based on a 20-point plan proposed by US President Donald Trump last month. &lsquo;There&rsquo;s a possibility&rsquo;: TrumpPresident Trump on Tuesday pledged US support for Gaza security guarantees and said he believes a deal is close to being completed for the remaining hostages, Reuters reported. Talking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said, &quot;I think there&#39;s a possibility that we could have peace in the Middle East&quot; beyond just Gaza. He said he would discuss Gaza with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. &quot;We are very close to making a deal on the Middle East that will bring peace to the Middle East after all of these years,&quot; Trump said at the start of an Oval Office meeting with Carney. Asked what security guarantees the United States was willing to offer, Trump pledged help without providing specifics. &quot;We are going to do everything possible &mdash; we have a lot of power &mdash; and we&#39;re going to do everything possible to make sure everybody adheres to the deal,&quot; he said.&nbsp;Global pressureGlobal pressure to end the war has escalated, with much of Gaza flattened, a UN-declared famine unfolding and Israeli hostage families still longing for their loved ones&#39; return, AFP reported. A UN probe last month accused Israel of genocide. Hamas&#39;s top negotiator, Khalil El-Hayya, said the group wants &quot;guarantees from President Trump and the sponsor countries that the war will end once and for all&quot;. Trump&#39;s plan calls for a ceasefire, the release of all the hostages, Hamas&#39;s disarmament, and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. The plan received positive responses from both Israel and Hamas and prompted indirect talks in Egypt since Monday. A Palestinian source close to the Hamas negotiating team said Tuesday&#39;s session included Hamas discussing &quot;the initial maps presented by the Israeli side regarding the withdrawal of troops as well as the mechanism and timetable for the hostage-prisoner exchange&quot;.&nbsp;Steve Witkoff to join talksOn Wednesday, Trump&#39;s special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will join the talks, according to Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. &quot;The primary guarantee of success at this stage is US President Trump himself ... even if it comes to a point to require him imposing a vision,&quot; he said. Qatar stated that its prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, would attend. In contrast, Turkish state media reported that the country&#39;s Intelligence Chief, Ibrahim Kalin, would lead a delegation to Egypt. Israel&#39;s war on Gaza has killed at least 67,160 Palestinians, according to the health ministry in Gaza, figures the United Nations considers credible.

The two countries will join the talks in Cairo, based on a US-proposed plan calling for a ceasefire, hostage release, and Israeli withdrawal. President Trump says he believes a deal is close. 

Qatar, Turkey to join third day of Gaza peace talks in Egypt

JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave Hamas an ultimatum of &quot;three or four days&quot; to accept his plan to end the war in Gaza &quot;for their own good&quot; or face severe consequences. Trump&#39;s plan, backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for a ceasefire, the release of hostages by Hamas within 72 hours, disarmament, and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. That would be followed by a post-war transitional authority headed by Trump himself. Hamas reviewing terms&nbsp;World powers, including Arab and Muslim nations, welcomed the proposal, but Hamas has yet to issue a response as it reviewed the terms. &quot;We&#39;re going to do about three or four days,&quot; Trump told reporters when asked about any timeframe. He later warned Hamas it would face severe consequences if it refused. &quot;We have one signature that we need, and that signature will pay in hell if they don&#39;t sign,&quot; Trump told US generals and admirals gathered at a military base in Quantico, Virginia. &lsquo;Several days&rsquo;&nbsp;A Palestinian source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Hamas had begun consultations, and &quot;the discussions could take several days due to the complexities.&quot; Qatar, which hosts Hamas&#39;s exiled leadership, said it would hold a meeting with Hamas officials and Turkey later Tuesday. &quot;It is still too early to speak about responses, but we are truly optimistic that this plan, as we said, is a comprehensive one,&quot; a Qatar foreign ministry spokesman said. Upon returning from his meeting with Trump at the White House on Monday, Netanyahu said he would brief his cabinet on a deal that would achieve &quot;all the war aims we have set.&quot; His comments came as Israel continued its offensive in Gaza, with the territory&#39;s civil defense agency and hospitals saying 46 people had been killed, including 15 in Gaza City. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">&lsquo;End in tears&#39;</h2>Trump&#39;s proposal demands that Hamas fully disarm and be excluded from future roles in the government, but those who agree to &quot;peaceful co-existence&quot; would be given amnesty. It would also see a phased Israeli withdrawal from Gaza after nearly two years of war. But in an earlier video after the press conference with Trump, Netanyahu said the Israeli military would stay in most of Gaza, and claimed he did not agree to a Palestinian state during his talks in Washington. Still, Israel&#39;s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a member of Netanyahu&#39;s coalition government, blasted the plan as a &quot;resounding diplomatic failure.&quot; &quot;In my estimation, it will also end in tears. Our children will be forced to fight in Gaza again,&quot; Smotrich said. Trump&rsquo;s plan&nbsp;Trump&#39;s plan includes the deployment of a &quot;temporary international stabilisation force&quot; and the creation of a transitional authority headed by Trump himself, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. But during his press conference with Trump, Netanyahu cast doubt on whether the Palestinian Authority, which nominally runs population centers in the occupied West Bank, would be allowed a role in Gaza&#39;s governance. He also warned that &quot;If Hamas rejects your plan, Mr President, or if they supposedly accept it and then basically do everything to counter it, then Israel will finish the job by itself.&quot; Trump said Israel would have his &quot;full backing&quot; to do so if Hamas did not accept the deal. <h2 style="line-height: 2;">&#39;Unrealistic&#39;</h2>Washington&#39;s European allies, including Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, expressed strong support, while China and Russia also declared their backing. But in Gaza, people were skeptical. &quot;It&#39;s clear that this plan is unrealistic&quot;, 39-year-old computer programmer Ibrahim Joudeh told AFP from his shelter in the so-called humanitarian zone of Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. &quot;It&#39;s drafted with conditions that the US and Israel know Hamas will never accept. For us, that means the war and the suffering will continue,&quot; he said. &lsquo;Sincere and determined efforts&rsquo;The Palestinian Authority welcomed what it called Trump&#39;s &quot;sincere and determined efforts.&quot; But Hamas ally Islamic Jihad said the plan would fuel further aggression against Palestinians. &quot;Through this, Israel is attempting &mdash; via the United States &mdash; to impose what it could not achieve through war,&quot; the group said. Israel&#39;s war has reduced much of Gaza to rubble and killed 66,097 Palestinians, also mostly civilians, according to health ministry figures in Gaza that the United Nations considers reliable.

Trump gives Hamas "three or four days" to accept a Gaza ceasefire plan involving disarmament, hostage release, and phased Israeli withdrawal. Hamas is reviewing terms of the plan.

Trump gives Hamas '3 or 4 days' on Gaza deal

Trump's Gaza peace plan has international oversight body 'Board of Peace'; Netanyahu says did not agree to a Palestinian state; Hamas will review the 'plan in good faith, provide a response'.

Trump says he is waiting for Hamas to accept peace proposals

ISLAMABAD: Western leaders including European Union (EU) chief Antonio Costa, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the British government, have welcomed US President Donald Trump&#39;s Gaza peace plan, urging all sides to seize the opportunity to end hostilities, release hostages, and pave the way for lasting stability in the region. European Union chief Antonio Costa on Monday urged all parties to &quot;seize this moment to give peace a genuine chance&quot; after US President Trump announced his plan to end the war in Gaza, AFP reported. EU chief welcomes Gaza plan&quot;I welcome President (Trump&#39;s) plan to end the war in Gaza and I am encouraged by Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu&#39;s positive response,&quot; Costa said on X. &quot;The situation in Gaza is intolerable. 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A two-state solution remains the only viable path to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East,&rdquo; Costa said in his social media post. Tony Blair hails &#39;bold&#39; Gaza planTony Blair on Monday hailed as &quot;bold and intelligent&quot; a move US President Donald Trump&#39;s plan for ending the war in Gaza, in which the British former prime minister is due to play a key role, AFP reported. &quot;President Trump has put down a bold and intelligent plan which, if agreed, can end the war, bring immediate relief to Gaza, the chance of a brighter and better future for its people, whilst ensuring Israel&rsquo;s absolute and enduring security and the release of all hostages,&quot; Blair said in a statement. Under the plan, Blair is due to be part of a transitional &quot;Board of Peace&quot; in Gaza that will be chaired by Trump. 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EU Council President Costa, Tony Blair, and the UK government welcomed President Trump’s Gaza peace plan, urging an end to hostilities, release of hostages, and a two-state solution for lasting peace and regional stability. 

EU Council President Costa, Tony Blair, and UK govt welcome Gaza peace plan

ISLAMABAD: Jordan, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Indonesia, Pakistan, T&uuml;rkiye, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt have welcomed US President Donald J Trump&rsquo;s efforts to end the war in Gaza. The foreign ministers of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of T&uuml;rkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, and the Arab Republic of Egypt welcome President Donald J Trump&rsquo;s leadership and his sincere efforts to end the war in Gaza, and assert their confidence in his ability to find a path to peace, said a statement released by Pakistan&rsquo;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. Proposal welcomed&nbsp;They emphasize the importance of the partnership with the United States in securing peace in the region.<div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1972771519580569863&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Farticles%2F&sessionId=afd23c9fa73d0b6fc1cfc140ce94704cdd1d8176&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; min-height: 0px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</iframe></div> Along these lines, the ministers welcomed the announcement by President Trump regarding his proposal to end the war, rebuild Gaza, prevent the displacement of the Palestinian people and advance a comprehensive peace, as well as his announcement that he will not allow the annexation of the West Bank, the statement said. The ministers affirmed their readiness to engage positively and constructively with the United States and the parties toward finalizing the agreement and ensuring its implementation, in a manner that ensures peace, security, and stability for the peoples of the region. Commitment reaffirmed&nbsp;They reaffirmed their joint commitment to work with the United States to end the war in Gaza through a comprehensive deal that ensures unrestricted delivery of sufficient humanitarian aid to Gaza, no displacement of the Palestinians, the release of hostages, a security mechanism that guarantees the security of all sides, full Israeli withdrawal, rebuilds Gaza and creates a path for a just peace on the basis of the two state solution, under which Gaza is fully integrated with the West Bank in a Palestinian state in accordance with international law as key to achieving regional stability and security, the statement concluded. 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