Careful optimism in Gaza, a ceasefire, with Netanyahu visiting us

After 21 months of war, there are increasing hopes for giving a ceasefire in the new Gaza, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump meets in Washington.

Trump previously told the correspondents that he was “very firm” with Netanyahu about ending the conflict and that he believed “he would have a deal” this week.

“We are working to achieve the deal that was discussed, in light of the circumstances we agreed,” said the veteran Israeli Prime Minister before boarding his plane. “I think the conversation with President Trump can definitely help in strengthening this result, which we all hope.”

Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on a 60 -day ceasefire proposal and the hostage of the hostage that resumed in Qatar on Sunday evening.

However, it is unclear whether the main differences that have been constantly concluded can be overcome.

Cautious optimism is expressed only by Palestinians who live in harsh conditions amid the continuous daily Israeli bombing, and the troubled Israeli hostages of Hamas.

“I do not want a truce but a complete stop for all war. Frankly, I am afraid that after 60 days of the war again,” says Nabil Abu Dai, who fled the house of Lahia in the north of Gaza to Gaza City with his children and his grandchildren.

“We are very tired of displacement, we are tired of thirst and hunger, from living in tents. When it comes to the necessities of life, we have zero.”

On Saturday evening, major gatherings urged the government of Israel to conclude a deal to return about 50 hostages from Gaza, up to 20 of them believed to be alive.

Some relatives asked why all the prisoners were not released immediately.

“He watched his colleagues earlier this year during the two -month stopping.

“This is the time to save lives. This is the time to save the bodies from the threat of disappearance,” Eli said to the crowd in Jerusalem.

“In fact, the rapid variable of the Middle East, this is the moment to sign a comprehensive agreement that will lead to the launch of all hostages, each one, without exception.”

Netanyahu has been visiting the White House for the third time since Trump returns to power almost six months ago.

But the leaders will meet for the first time since the United States joined the Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear sites and then mediated the ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

There is a strong feeling that the last 12 -day war has created more appropriate conditions for the end of the Gaza war.

After months of low popular assessments, the Israeli Prime Minister was strengthened with widespread public support for Iran’s attack and analysts suggest that he now has more influence to agree to a peace agreement on strong objections to the right -wing coalition partners, who want Israel to remain in Gaza’s control.

Hamas is seen as weakening through strikes on Iran – a major regional sponsor – which means that it can be more concessions necessary to reach an agreement.

Meanwhile, Trump is keen to move to other priorities in the Middle East.

These border talks include brokerage between Israel and Syria, a return to efforts to normalize relations between Israel and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the completion of incomplete businesses with Iran, which involve potential negotiations on a new nuclear deal.

For several months, the ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas were subjected to a dead end due to one basic difference.

Israel was ready to adhere to the temporary calm to return the hostages, but not the end of the war. Hamas called for a permanent stopping in the hostilities in Gaza and withdrawing the full Israeli forces.

It is said that the latest proposal submitted to Hamas includes guarantees for Washington’s commitment to the deal and the ongoing conversations to reach a permanent ceasefire and issue all hostages.

Nothing has been officially announced, but according to media reports, the framework will witness that Hamas handed over more than 28 hostages – alive and 18 dead – over five stages over 60 days without the disturbing delivery ceremony organized in the last ceasefire.

There will be a significant increase in the humanitarian aid entering Gaza.

After the return of the first eight living hostages on the first day of the agreement, the Israeli forces will withdraw from parts of the north. After one week, the army will leave parts of the south.

On the tenth day, Hamas will determine any hostages who are still alive and their condition, while Israel will provide details about more than 2000 Ghazan who were arrested during the war who remain in “administrative detention” – a practice that allows the Israeli authorities to keep it without a charge or trial.

As we have seen before, large numbers of Palestinians of Israeli prisons will be launched in exchange for the hostages.

President Trump described this as the “final” armistice proposal and said last week that Israel had accepted the “necessary conditions” to finalize it.

On Friday, Hamas said that she responded in a “positive spirit” but expressed some reservations.

A Palestinian official said that the thorny points remained on humanitarian aid – as Hamas was calling for an immediate termination of operations by the controversial Israeli Humanitarian Foundation and supported by the American (GHF) and returning to the United Nations and its partners supervising all relief efforts.

Hamas is also said to be wondering about the timetable for withdrawing from the Israeli forces and crossing its shelf between southern Gaza and Egypt.

On Saturday, the Netanyahu office stated that the changes that Hamas wanted were “unacceptable” to Israel.

The Prime Minister has repeatedly said that Hamas should be disarmed, a demand from the Islamic Group that has so far refused to discuss.

In Israel, there is an increasing opposition to the war in Gaza, where more than 20 soldiers were killed last month, according to the army.

The Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, said last week that he is close to completing the targets of the war and indicated that the government must decide whether it would be presented with a deal to bring homework or prepare for the Israeli forces to re -establish military rule in Gaza.

Opinion polls indicate that two -thirds of the Israelis support the ceasefire deal to bring the hostages home.

In Gaza, some population expresses fears that the current wave of positivity will be manufactured to alleviate tensions during Netanyahu’s American journey – by rationalizing that this happened in May with Trump’s willingness to visit the Arab Gulf states.

The coming days will be politically decisive and humanitarian.

The situation in Gaza continued to deteriorate, as the medical staff reported acute malnutrition among children.

The United Nations says that with the lack of fuel for more than four months, stocks are now almost, which threatens biomedical care, water supply and communications.

Israel launched its war in Gaza in response to the Hamas -led attacks on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the death of about 1,200 people and led to 251 others being greeted as hostage.

Since then, Israeli attacks have killed more than 57,000 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health. The ministry’s figures were transferred by the United Nations and others as a more reliable source of statistics available to the victims.