In Israel, they estimate that Trump chose to assess Hamas yesterday’s response as a “acceptance of the plan” to impose “new accomplished” by surprise Netanyahu. Negotiations resume in Cairo. Influence from Jerusalem

Yesterday’s (Friday) statements by President Trump, who assumed Hamas’ final response to the plan to end the war in Gaza, triggered a series of developments leading to the immediate re -opening of the negotiations. The first objective of the forthcoming negotiations will be to release all Israeli hostages by Hamas and to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners by Israel within the first 72 hours of implementation of the plan. The setting of the starting point of the critical first 72 -hour deadline will be at the heart of the contacts that will begin in Cairo in the coming hours, first between American mediator Steven Whitkov, with the Israeli negotiating team under the Minister of Strategies. Hamas delegation is also alleged to be heading to Cairo, according to the Saudi Al-Handath network. At the same time, in the field, in the early hours of the morning, the Netanyahu government ordered the army to “cease operations” in Gaza and to limit its presence “to a purely defensive level”, maintaining the positions under its control.

‘Surprise’ Netanyahu

However, the mobility marked by the Israeli side would not be right to interpret it as a willingness. Characteristic is the statement by the American-Palestinian informal mediator, Bachbach, on the al-Arabia network that President Trump did not consult with Netanyahu before interpreting yesterday’s “acceptance of the plan” yesterday’s announcement. This information coincides with what he said this morning on state Israeli television on the condition of anonymity, an Israeli official involved in the negotiations that Netanyahu was “surprised” by yesterday’s Trump statements. In her announcement, Hamas did not refer to her obligation to disarm or that she would have absolutely no involvement in the formation of the political scene “of the next day’s gaza”, the same source stressed, implying that the Israeli side was “in the conclusion of” Israel now has before the “new accomplishment”.

‘Extremes’ did not say their last word

It is worth noting that the “freeze” of military operations and the immediate resumption of negotiations were decided in the early hours of a closed meeting under Netanyahu with the participation of senior Army officials, the “and limited number of ministers” security services, whose names were not announced. However, it was clarified that the “extremes” Ben Gvir and Smotric did not participate in it, apparently because of Saturday’s holiday. While their objections must be considered given, on the contrary, the environment of the leader of the center -left opposition, Yair Lapid, leaked that “it would support the government’s decisions to renew the negotiations”, which they stated that they supported their relatives.

The Palestinian scene

Finally, at an intravenous level, Hamas’ positive response to the Trump plan was welcomed by Palestinian President Abbas and Islamic Jihad. On the contrary, the head of the Hamas military arm, Iszadin al-Handad, who has the last word on the field in Gaza, so far did not post his yesterday’s statements to the BBC, with which he was opposed to the plan, while his representatives, It is impossible to release all hostages within 72 hours’, considering the extension of the deadline.