Marco Rubio said Hamas must be eradicated, “has further doubts about the crumbling ceasefire in Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio fully recognized Israel’s war goals on Sunday, saying Hamas “must be eliminated” and put the future of a shaky ceasefire in further doubt.
Rubio met with Jerusalem’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of a regional tour, where he will likely be in the U.S. President Donald Trump’s The proposal faces a counterattack from the Arab leaders, transfer the Palestinian population from the Gaza Strip to the Gaza Strip and redeveloped under U.S. ownership. .
Netanyahu welcomed the plan and said he and Trump had a “common strategy” for Gaza’s future. He responded to Trump that if Hamas was released on October 7, 2023 on its remaining hostages, which triggered a war, would “the doors to hell will be open.”
Their comments came two weeks before the end of the first phase of the ceasefire. The second phase is Hamas’ release of dozens of hostages in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners, a protracted armistice and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and no negotiations have been held.
Rubio said Hamas “cannot continue to serve as an army or government force.”
“As long as it is a force that can rule or manage or may be threatened by the use of violence, it becomes impossible,” Rubio said. “It must be eliminated.”
This language may complicate efforts to negotiate with Hamas, which remained intact and controlled Gaza despite the huge losses suffered in the war.
3 Palestinians report dead in air strikes
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said air strikes were carried out earlier Sunday on people close to southern Gaza. The Hamas-run Interior Ministry said the strike killed three of the policemen when they killed three of their policemen when aid trucks entered near Rafa on the Egyptian border.
Hamas said the attack was a “grave violation” of the ceasefire and accused Netanyahu of trying to undermine the deal.
The recovery of the war could be the death penalty for the rest of the hostages and may not be able to successfully annihilate Hamas, who survived a 15-month Israeli attack and quickly brought control of Gaza during the ceasefire last month.
Netanyahu said it was ready to resume the war at the current stage and provided Hamas with the opportunity to surrender and exile its top leaders. Hamas rejected the situation.
Netanyahu has not yet approved the entry of mobile homes and heavy machinery into the Gaza Strip as required by the ceasefire agreement.
Hamas had threatened to release hostages on the issue last week, which raised concerns that the ceasefire could collapse, and then, according to what it said was the assurance of the Arab mediator, before the release of three prisoners.
Watch | 3 Israeli hostages released in exchange for 369 Palestinian detainees:
Hamas militants released three male Israeli hostages on Saturday, and Israeli forces began to release hundreds of prisoners after Egyptian and Kathari mediators helped avoid a deadlock that threatened to fall into a fragile ceasefire in Gaza . Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7460415.
Officials who were in line with the regulations on condition of anonymity said the issue would be discussed in the coming days and Israel is coordinating with the United States.
U.S. delayed ammunition arrival
The Israeli Ministry of Defense said the championship of the two allies was also a sign of the two allies and received 900 kilograms of MK-84 ammunition from the United States. Last year, the Biden administration suspended such bombs over concerns about casualties among civilians in Gaza.
Rubio said in a radio interview last week that Trump’s proposal was partly intended to force Arab countries to propose their own post-war plans, which Israel could accept, saying Hamas had no effect in Gaza.
He also seems to suggest that the Arab states send troops to attack Hamas.
“If someone has a better plan, we hope they can do it, if the Arab countries have a better plan, that would be great,” Rubio said on Thursday. Clay and Bucks performance.
But “Hamas has a gun,” he added. “Someone has to face those guys. It’s not a U.S. soldier. If the country in the region can’t figure out this thing, then Israel will have to do it and then we’re back to us’ve been.”
Rubio has no plans to meet with any Palestinians on the trip.
Arab Summit Discussion on Reconstruction
For Arab leaders, promoting mass expulsion of Palestinians or fighting Palestinian militants on behalf of Israel is a nightmare. Both will open up fierce domestic criticism to them and may undermine the stability of the already volatile regions.
Egypt said it will hold an Arab summit on February 27 and is working with other countries to object, which will allow Gaza to rebuild Gaza without eliminating its population. Human rights groups say expulsion of Palestinians could violate international law.
Watch | Trump wants to relocate Palestinians and rebuild Gaza:
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wanted to see the U.S. own Gaza Strip and develop it into “the Middle East’s” Riviera” and permanently relocate the Palestinians who live there.
Egypt warns that any massive influx of Palestinians from Gaza will undermine nearly half a century of peace treaty with Israel, a cornerstone of U.S. influence in the region.
So far, Arab and Muslim countries have been supporting post-war Gaza to return to Palestine governance and return on the founding path of Gaza, the West Bank, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which Israel occupied in the mid-1967 war.
The Biden administration spent months rallies in regional powers behind such plans, but when Israel excluded not only the Palestinian state but any role of Western-supported Palestinian authorities, Hamas was in Hamas at When their power was consolidated there, their troops were deported. 2007.
Hamas said it was willing to give up power in Gaza but insisted on Palestinian rule.
Rubio will also visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, where heavyweights rejected any massive displacement of the Palestinians, which will be key to any regional response.
