After the President of Ukraine, US President Donald Trump is receiving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today. The two will discuss the future of the Gaza ceasefire at a time when work on implementing the second phase of the enclave agreement is at an impasse, world agencies reported, quoted by BTA.
This will be Trump's fifth meeting with Netanyahu since the Republican returned to the White House. In addition to Gaza, the two leaders will also talk about Iran's nuclear ambitions, the disarmament of “Hezbollah“ in Lebanon and Syria.
Trump will receive Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in 18:00 GMT today. He also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky there yesterday.
The second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement calls for the disarmament of “Hamas“, the establishment of a transitional authority and the deployment of international stabilization forces in the enclave.
Trump's envoy Steve Winkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who are involved in the Ukraine talks, are also involved in the Gaza talks. They hosted representatives of Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, who are mediators in resolving the conflict in Gaza and who want to begin implementing the second phase of the enclave agreement, in Miami in December.
Before the negotiations on the second phase begin, Israel is demanding the return of the last hostage body in the enclave. “Hamas“ claims it has not been able to locate it so far.
According to “Axios“ Washington wants to announce the formation of a Palestinian government of technocrats as soon as possible, which would play the role of a transitional authority in Gaza.
According to the same source, Trump also wants to form a Peace Committee to oversee the actions of the government of technocrats.