I have been questioned this since the Trump ‘DEAL’ was annouced….
Sooooo?
It will be negotiated in the second phase of talks….
But Hamas seems animate that they WILL KEEP their arms and power…..
Hmmmm?
What kind of a ‘Deal’ is this?
Swaps but on the ground?
Crowds of people returning to devestation and Hamas still embedded ….
Something COULD ge VERY WRONG in this ….
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Israel has begun transferring prisoners to two jails ahead of their release as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, designed to lead to the release of hostages held by Hamas, the prison service said on Saturday. Thousands of staff, including prison officers, “operated throughout the night in order to implement the government’s decision”
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Israel is expected to release about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 250 serving long sentences for serious security offences, in exchange for the remaining hostages in Gaza. A list Israel published on Friday did not include high-profile prisoner Marwan Barghouti. Netanyahu’s office has confirmed it refuses to release Barghouti.
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Hamas’s disarmament as part of US president Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza is “out of the question”, a Hamas official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Saturday. “The proposed weapons handover is out of the question and not negotiable,” the official said. Trump has indicated the issue of Hamas surrendering its weapons would be addressed in the second phase of the peace plan.
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Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Saturday more than 500,000 people had returned to Gaza City since a ceasefire took effect the previous day.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has congratulated Donald Trump on the Gaza ceasefire, according to an Axios correspondent.
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US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, along with Ivanka Trump, addressed a rally in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Witkoff said Israeli hostages held in Gaza were coming home.
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Egypt has confirmed it will host an international summit on Monday for foreign leaders to discuss “the agreement to end the war in Gaza”. More than 20 world leaders will attend, including US president Donald Trump, British prime minister Keir Starmer, and French president Emmanuel Macron….
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Hamas IS mobilising as Israeli backed groups are still in the Gaza streets and seem to be hunting Hamas members…
Hamas has recalled about 7,000 members of its security forces to reassert control over areas of Gaza recently vacated by Israeli troops, according to local sources.
The Palestinian group also appointed five new governors all with military backgrounds, some of whom previously commanded brigades in its armed wing.
The mobilisation order was reportedly issued via phone calls and text messages which said the aim was to “cleanse Gaza of outlaws and collaborators with Israel” and told fighters to report within 24 hours.
Reports from Gaza suggest that armed Hamas units have already deployed across several districts, some wearing civilian clothes and others in the blue uniforms of the Gaza police.
Tensions rose sharply and quickly after two members of Hamas’s elite forces were shot dead by gunmen from the powerful Dughmush clan in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood. One of them was the son of a senior commander in Hamas’s armed wing, Imad Aqel, who now heads the group’s military intelligence.
Their bodies were left in the street, triggering anger and raising the prospect of a major armed response by Hamas.
Hamas members later surrounded a large area where more than 300 Dughmush gunmen were believed to be holed up, armed with machine guns and improvised explosives.
This morning Hamas killed one Dughmush clan member, and reportedly kidnapped another 30.
Some of the clan’s weapons were looted from Hamas depots during the war, while others had been in the clan’s possession for years..
The Hamas mobilisation had been widely anticipated amid growing uncertainty about who will govern Gaza once the war ends….
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“Gaza is flooded with arms. Looters have stolen thousands of weapons and rounds of ammunition from Hamas stores during the war, and some groups have even received supplies from Israel.
“This is a perfect recipe for civil war: weapons, frustration, chaos, and a movement desperate to reassert control over a shattered and exhausted population.”….
Note….
Trump is hosting a ‘Summit’ meeting for his deal which has a swap of people, but maybe the sdame situation STILL on thje ground IN Gaza….
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