(Gaza) Hamas and its ally Islamic jihad strongly criticized the proposal of the American president Donald Trump on Sunday to move the Gazaouis to Egypt and Jordan to “clean up”, according to him, in the Gaza Strip, where A fragile truce enters its second week.
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Yousef Hassoun Avec Adel Zaenoun au caire et Didier Lauras à Jérusalem
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Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has not yet reacted to the American proposal, but Bezalel Smotrich, minister of the far right, described him as “excellent idea”, saying that the Palestinians could “establish a new one and A good life elsewhere ”.
After more than 15 months of war in Gaza, a ceasefire started on January 19, but Israel and Hamas have mutually accused themselves of having violated the terms of the agreement, the day after the exchange of Four Israeli soldiers by the Islamist movement against around 200 Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails.
In this context, Donald Trump compared the war band devastated by the war on Saturday evening and plunged into a serious humanitarian crisis to a “demolition site” and said that he had spoken of the situation to King Abdallah II of Jordan, adding that He was going to do the same on Sunday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi.
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US President Donald Trump
According to him, a “household” should be made among the population.
“I would prefer to get involved with certain Arab nations and build housing in another place where they may have lived in peace for once,” added the president, suggesting a “temporary or long-term” trip.
Meanwhile in the Palestinian territory, “tens of thousands” of people were prevented by Israel from returning to the North via the passage of Netzarim, which cuts the Gaza Strip into two, the Civil Defense told AFP. Images shot by AFP show a compact crowd as this corridor approaches.
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Displaced Gazaouis gathering in an area of usirat on January 26, 2025
“We want to find our memories and the people who are dear to us,” said AFP Djihad Abu Miri, who says he has been waiting for 48 hours.
“Crimes against humanity”
The Palestinians “will fail” Trump’s proposal “as they have made all travel projects failed […] For decades, ”reacted Bassem Naïm, a member of the Hamas political bureau on Sunday.
Islamic jihad, another armed movement in Gaza, estimated that its words encouraged “war crimes and crimes against humanity” in Gaza, where the vast majority of 2.4 million inhabitants were moved by War, often on several occasions.
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Palestinian children, displaced by the order of Israel in the south of Gaza during the war, warm up near the fire while they are waiting to be authorized to return home in northern Gaza.
-Donald Trump also confirmed that he had released a delivery of bombs of more than 900 kilograms for his ally, a decision welcomed by Israel.
The new American president had exerted intense pressure on the two camps to conclude before his inauguration on January 20 a cease-fire agreement.
As part of this agreement, a first exchange of three Israeli hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners was held last Sunday, on the first day of the truce.
The first phase of the ceasefire agreement must last six weeks and allow the release of 33 hostages to some 1900 Palestinian prisoners in total.
During this first phase must be negotiated the terms of the second, which must allow the release of the last hostages, before the last step on the reconstruction of Gaza and the restitution of the bodies of the hostages who died in captivity.
The war was triggered by the attack on Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023 which led to the death of 1,210 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data.
A total of 251 people had been removed that day. Eighty-seven are still retained hostage, 34 of which died according to the army.
The offensive launched in retaliation by Israel in the besieged Gaza Strip left at least 47,283 dead, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Hamas.
Four dead in Lebanon
On Saturday, a last -minute dispute blocked the start of the return to the north of the Palestinian territory of hundreds of thousands of displaced inhabitants as planned by the truce agreement.
Israel justified his refusal on Sunday to let them pass by accusing Hamas of two violations of the agreement.
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Lebanese citizens note the damage caused to their village by the Israeli air and terrestrial offensive in Aita Al-Shaab, a Lebanese border village with Israel, in South Lebanon, January 26, 2025
Arbel Yehuda, a civilian woman whose Liberation was demanding on Saturday, “was not released” and “the list of status” of the hostages – dead or living – “was not subjected” by the Palestinian movement.
Hamas, which told AFP on Saturday that hostage would be “released during the third exchange” scheduled for 1is February, for its part, accused Israel on Sunday of “raping” the agreement by preventing the return of the inhabitants of northern Gaza.
In Lebanon, where a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah had entered into force on November 27, the Ministry of Health reported eleven dead, including a soldier, killed on Sunday by Israeli fire, while Hundreds of inhabitants were trying to return to villages close to the borders still occupied by Israel.
Under the agreement, the Israeli army was to end its withdrawal from southern Lebanon on Sunday, but Israel announced on Friday that the operation would continue beyond the deadline of January 26.
