Donald Trump, who says he is determined to end the war in Gaza, received Benjamin Netanyahu to have dinner at the White House on Monday, July 7 at night, who said he presented the US President of Nobel Peace.
The third visit to the Washington of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the return to Donald Trump has been involved in a crucial moment, the US president in the hope of taking advantage of the impulse given by the recent truce between Israel and Iran after a 12 -day war.
“I don’t think there is a blockade. I think things are going very well,” Donald Trump told journalists at the beginning of dinner when asked what prevented the conclusion of a peace agreement.
Sitting one in front of the other around a large table, the US president said he was convinced that Hamas was ready to accept a fire in Gaza.
“They want a meeting and want this fire,” he said.
The Israeli prime minister announced that he had the appointment of the US President for the Nobel Peace Prize, giving him the letter he sent to the Nobel Committee.
“At a time when we talked, he restored peace in one country (after another), in one region after another,” Benjamin Netanyahu rented.
“Good possibilities” to achieve an agreement
Monday’s meeting is involved in indirect conversations between Israel and Hamas. Since Sunday, two sessions of indirect conversations have been held between Israel and Hamas in Doha, according to Palestinian sources close to negotiations. “No progress has been made,” one of them told AFP.
On the morning of the Israeli army on Tuesday, July 8, the Israeli army announced that five soldiers had been killed and two more seriously injured in combat in the north of the Gaza Strip.
The American emissary Steve Witkoff must go to Doha in the week, according to the White House.
Previously, the White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt had indicated that “the president’s absolute priority in the Middle East is to end the war in Gaza and the return of all hostages.”
The war was caused by an unprecedented attack in Hamas on October 7, 2023 against Israel, to which the army took reprisals by launching a great offensive in Gaza that left tens of thousands of deaths and caused a humanitarian disaster.
Donald Trump estimated that there was a “good opportunity” on Sunday to reach an agreement of “this week.”
The indirect negotiations, carried out through the Qatar, Egyptian and American mediators, are related to the implementation mechanisms “of a high fire agreement and an” exchange “of hostages retained in Gaza for the Palestinians detained in Israel, according to a Palestinian official.
“Hamas is serious”
The Hamas delegation was in a room and the Israeli delegation in another, in the same building, he said.
“Hamas is serious and anxious to lead to an agreement to end the war and suffering of our people, provided that the Israeli part is in good faith and does not seek to hinder or drag the process,” said the Palestinian official.
On Monday night, Benjamin Netanyahu again excluded the creation of a complete Palestinian state, saying that Israel “always” would maintain security control in the strip of Gaza.
“Now people will say that it is not a complete state, which is not a state. We make fun,” he said.
According to Palestinian sources close to discussions, the agreement includes a 60 -day truce, during which Hamas would release ten hostages that still live and put bodies of dead captives, in exchange for the release of Palestinians held by Israel.
“The missiles surprised us”
Dozens of people, including the parents of hostages arrested in Gaza, met Monday night in front of the Tel Aviv antenna from the United States Embassy in Israel to ask Donald Trump to reach a high fire.
The protesters have soft American flags, posters that take photos of hostages and a great sign in which we could read “President Trump, make the story, take them all home, put an end to war.”
Of the 251 people kidnapped during the attack on Hamas on October 7, 49 are still preserved in Gaza, including 27 declared dead by the Israeli army.
A first one -week truce in November 2023, then a second of two months in early 2025, allowed the return of many hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinians held by Israel.
In the field in Gaza, the civil defense reported 12 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes, including six dead at the Al-Primal Clinic in Gaza-Ville (North), which “houses hundreds of displaced.”
“We were surprised by missiles and explosions inside the building. We no longer knew where to go due to dust and damage,” said AFP Salman Qoudoum, urging a high fire agreement. “We can’t expect anymore.”
Source: BFM TV
