Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the meeting that will hold on Monday with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, It will help to advance in the conversations about the release of hostages and a high fire agreement in Gaza who resumed in Qatar on Sunday.
Israeli negotiators who participate in the conversations about the high fire have clear instructions to achieve an agreement under the conditions that Israel has accepted, Netanyahu said on Sunday before traveling to Washington.
“I think the discussion with President Trump can undoubtedly help advance these results,” He said, adding that he is determined to guarantee the return of the hostages retained in Gaza and eliminate the threat of Hamas to Israel.
It will be Netanyahu’s third visit to the White House since Trump returned to power almost six months ago.
Public pressure on Netanyahu is increasing to guarantee a permanent fire and end the war in Gaza, A measure to which some hard line members of their right -wing coalition oppose. Others, such as Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, have expressed support.
The Palestinian group Hamas said Friday that he responded to a proposal of high fire in Gaza supported by the United States with a “positive spirit”, A few days after Trump said that Israel accepted “the necessary conditions to seal” a 60 -day truce.
However, a Palestinian official of an allied militant group of Hamas said they are still concerned about humanitarian aid, The step through Rafah’s southern crossing to Egypt and clarity on a calendar for the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
The Netanyahu office said in a statement that the changes that Hamas intends to introduce into the proposal of Alto El Fuego “are not acceptable to Israel.” However, He indicated that the delegation will also travel to Qatar to “continue efforts to guarantee the return of our hostages on the basis of the Qatari proposal that Israel accepted.”
Netanyahu has repeatedly said that Hamas must be disarmed, A requirement that the militant group has refused to discuss until now.
On Saturday afternoon, a crowd congregated in a public square of Tel Aviv, near the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, to request a high fire agreement and the return of the nearly 50 hostages that remain retained in Gaza. The protesters waved Israeli flags, chanted songs and carried posters with photos of the hostages.
