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Israel and Hamas Reach Ceasefire and Hostage Releasewww.nbcnews.com/news/world/ceasefire-israel-hamas-gaza-palestinians-rcna160847
534 sats \ 9 comments \ @Cje95 15 Jan news
The gist is it is two phases. Phase one involves a 42 day ceasefire and 33 hostages being released by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from Israel. Phase Two negotiations will NOT begin until the 16th day of the ceasefire. A third phase is to include the establishment of a new governing and security structure for Gaza and massive reconstruction of the enclave.
The earliest it will go into effect is Friday with first hostages released on Sunday.
Israeli offices believe 98 hostages remain in Gaza with 60 being alive. This would mean over half of the alive hostages would be returned.
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15 Jan
From the WSJ:
And both sides have been galvanized by President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent return to office. The incoming president said a week ago that “all hell will break out in the Middle East” if the hostages aren’t released by the time he is inaugurated on Jan. 20, repeating a threat he had made earlier. He hasn’t explained what he means, but said last week it wouldn’t be good for Hamas or “frankly, for anyone.”
Negotiators—including Steve Witkoff, Trump’s designated Middle East envoy, along with officials from the U.S., Israel and Arab countries—reconvened at midday local time in Doha, Qatar, to finalize the draft, said Arab officials who are helping mediate the talks.
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30 sats \ 4 replies \ @Cje95 OP 15 Jan
Yeah I think Hamas was fully pushed to get what they could to end this because Trump was going to let Israel run wild if they felt like it.
I worry about the Phase 2 and subsequent phase 3 since it’ll be after the initial 42 day ceasefire. Plus will Hamas have a strong enough hold on the Strip to prevent Islamic Jihad and other groups from launching missiles, drones, etc into Israel
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15 Jan
How much worse could it have gotten for Hamas, though?
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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 OP 15 Jan
Honestly it is hard to think of how it could be but if the lost the support of the Arab world that would have been the end... A Fatwa issued against the leaders would have ruined everything they had left and could have gotten them killed. While the youth were in their good graces the Arab world is what mattered to them and they depended on.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 15 Jan
So was there any indication that Trump could have influenced that Arab world to disavow Hamas?
Some say that it's becasue Israel is more afraid of Trump than they were of Biden.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 15 Jan
Trump has gotten along well very well with the Arab world... He pulled off the Abraham Accords that got the UAE, Morocco, Bahrain, and Sudan to recognize Israel
Only thing I could see Israel getting worried about with Trump is Trump wanting them to expand and attack Iran
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @LowK3y19 15 Jan
Praise Allah
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Intrappolati_ 15 Jan freebie
Now Europe will give money again for its reconstruction and in a couple of years it will be destroyed again.