U.S. and Israel Discuss Phase Two of Gaza Truce
Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu met to map out phase two of the Gaza truce, from freeing hostages to disarming Hamas and setting up an international stabilization force.
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Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu met to map out phase two of the Gaza truce, from freeing hostages to disarming Hamas and setting up an international stabilization force.
A month into the Gaza ceasefire, aid bottlenecks, hostage delays, and boundary disputes threaten the U.S.-brokered peace plan by the Trump administration.
Hamas returned three hostage bodies, fueling tensions over ceasefire delays and Israeli strikes. Both sides trade blame as the fragile Gaza truce wavers.
Israel insists on retaining security control in Gaza despite a US-brokered ceasefire, while Egyptian teams enter to search for missing hostages.
U.S. envoys urge diplomacy and humanitarian aid to keep the Gaza ceasefire alive after deadly flare-ups threatened the fragile truce.
Sharm el‐Sheikh saw Israel and Hamas agree to a first‐phase ceasefire, but deep divides and funding gaps mean Gaza’s path to lasting peace remains uncertain.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate talks for hostage release and a Gaza ceasefire while planning to seize Gaza City.
Israel weighs a 60-day Gaza truce dependent on the release of all 50 hostages. Hamas proposes swapping 200 Palestinian prisoners (plus women and minors) for 28 hostages.
Hamas and Israel have reached an agreement to end the standoff over the release of Palestinian prisoners, as part of the Gaza truce.