Msg. 02636 of 02642 (This msg. is a reply to
02634 by
De_Composed)
Jump:
Well, this is what has been SO frustrating about the past four years of Democrat incompetence ... this is NOT rocket science ... if some upstart is misbehaving, you tell them directly, in no uncertain terms, that they can either immediately reverse course and behave properly or they can get the effin' snot beaten out of them.
Trump ain't POTUS, yet, but that's exactly what he did ... and it's working.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
President-elect Donald Trump was the first to announce a ceasefire deal was reached in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday.
Israeli officials soon confirmed an agreement was in place to secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas since the October 7 atrocities.
“We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly. Thank you!” Trump said on Truth Social, his preferred social media platform, at just after noon Eastern.
“This EPIC ceasefire agreement could only have happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November, as it signaled to the entire World that my Administration would seek Peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans, and our Allies,” Trump elaborated in a follow-up message, with caps as in the original.
“With this deal in place, my National Security team, through the efforts of Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will continue to work closely with Israel and our Allies to make sure Gaza NEVER again becomes a terrorist safe haven,” he said.
Witkoff traveled to Doha, Qatar, along with representatives of the outgoing Biden administration over the weekend to work with mediators from Israel and Hamas on a deal. Sources familiar with the meetings credited Trump’s influence with breaking a long deadlock and setting the stage for the “midnight breakthrough” on Sunday that made a deal possible.
A senior Israeli official told the Times of Israel (TOI) on Wednesday that Hamas “folded on the issue of the Philadelphi Corridor,” making an agreement possible.
“However the framework has not been completely finalized and there are still a number of details that have not been finalized,” the official said, a few minutes after Trump wrote his triumphant social media post.
The Philadelphi Corridor is a narrow, barren strip of land on the Gaza side of its border with Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long insisted Israel must retain control of this territory after any ceasefire agreement, to prevent Hamas from using tunnels to smuggle more weapons into Gaza.
Israeli sources said Hamas almost scuttled the emerging ceasefire and hostage agreement at the eleventh hour by demanding Israel withdraw from much of the Philadelphi courier. Hamas evidently withdrew these demands soon after making them.
TOI reported that senior Hamas official Basem Naim confirmed Hamas has accepted the deal. The Israeli security cabinet is reportedly set to meet at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday to approve the agreement, with Foreign Minister Gideon Saar cutting short a visit to Europe and racing home from Hungary to attend the meeting.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is meeting with Red Cross President Mirjana Spoljaric to discuss transferring Israeli hostages and seeing to their medical needs.
Update 1:05 p.m. Eastern: A senior Arab official from one of the “mediating countries,” presumably Qatar or Egypt, told the Times of Israel that a few “minor” issues with the agreement still need to be resolved, including Israel’s process for vetting the approximately 1,000 Palestinian prisoners it has agreed to release. Some of those prisoners are currently serving life sentences for severe offenses. According to the Arab official, Hamas has agreed to let Israel release those prisoners to an “agreed-upon third country.”
The Jerusalem Post reported the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli Defense Ministry have been ordered to prepare on operation called “Sparrow’s Wings” to retrieve hostages freed by Hamas, and then begin withdrawing from Gaza.
Update, 1:20 p.m. Eastern: The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to news of an agreement by saying a ceasefire deal “still has not been reached,” because some “final details” are still being resolved.
Update, 1:35 p.m. Eastern: Egyptian state media reported that preparations are being made to “open the Palestinian rafah crossing to allow the entry of international aid” into Gaza. Egypt will then attempt to “bring in the largest possible amount of aid to the Gaza Strip.”
Gaza’s civil defense agency has asked residents to avoid celebratory gunfire as news of the agreement spreads.
“We call upon you to refrain from firing bullets in the air for fear of injuring the displaced people in the tents and shelters. We do not want to be saddened by more martyrs and wounded,” the agency said.
Update, 2:05 p.m. EST: Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani announced a hostage release and ceasefire deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas, to take effect on Sunday.
Update: 2:25 p.m. EST: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and National Unity chairman Benny Gantz welcomed the hostage deal. Lapid said the “entire country is holding its breath” waiting for the return of the Israelis kidnapped by Hamas. Both of them promised political support to Prime Minister Netanyahu for implementing the agreement.
“I want to send a huge thank you on behalf of the entire country to President Trump and his team, to President Biden, to the Qataris and the Egyptians, due to whom this is happening and without whom it would not have happened,” Lapid said.
“This deal will halt the fighting in Gaza, surge much-needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians and reunite the hostages with their families after more than 15 months in captivity,” outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon.
“I laid out the precise contours of this plan on May 31, 2024, after which it was endorsed unanimously by the U.N. Security Council. My diplomacy never ceased in their efforts to get this done,” Biden claimed.
Update, 3:00 p.m. EST: President Biden said the ceasefire deal will be carried out in three phases. During the first six weeks, Israel will withdraw from “all the populated areas of Gaza,” allowing all residents to return home. Hamas will release a “number” of its hostages, beginning with women, the elderly, and the wounded. According to Biden, the Americans held by Hamas will be among the first to be released.
Also during the first phase, Israel will release “hundreds” of Palestinian prisoners and allow a “surge in humanitarian assistance” to reach Gaza.
The second phase, which will begin if the first six weeks go according to plan, will ostensibly see the release of all remaining Hamas hostages, and the withdrawal of all remaining Israeli troops from Gaza. This will cause the temporary ceasefire from Phase One to “become permanent.”
The third phase, sometime later in 2025, will include Hamas releasing the remains of hostages who died in captivity, while a “reconstruction plan” for Gaza will get under way.
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