Hamas as well as the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas criticized Donald Trump’s proposal on Sunday to move the inhabitants of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan to, according to him, “do the cleaning” in the territory, where a fragile truce has entered in his second week.
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Israel and Hamas have mutually accused themselves of having violated the terms of the ceasefire, the day after the exchange of four Israeli soldiers by the Islamist movement for around 200 Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails.
Meanwhile, “tens of thousands” of displaced, according to the Civil Defense, were prevented by Israel from returning to the north of Gaza via the passage of Netzarim, which cuts the territory in two. Images shot by AFP have shown a compact crowd near this corridor.
“We want to find our memories and the people who are dear to us,” Jihad Abu Miri, who said he had been waiting for AFP for 48 hours.
In this context, the American president compared the Palestinian territory devastated on Saturday 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 the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.
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 Donald Trump, suggesting a “temporary or long-term” trip.
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 Palestinian movement, said that these words encouraged “war crimes and crimes against humanity” in Gaza.
Hamas rival which had driven out the Palestinian authority and took power in the Gaza Strip in 2007, Mahmoud Abbas condemned “any project” aimed at moving the Gazaouis.
Jordan has reaffirmed its “rejection” of a “forced displacement” of the Palestinians on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu did not react, but the far -right minister Bezalel Smotrich called Donald Trump’s proposal “excellent idea”, saying that the Palestinians could “establish a new and good life elsewhere ».
Donald Trump also confirmed that he had released a delivery of bombs of more than 900 kilograms for his ally, a decision greeted by Israel.
-“Crimes against humanity”
The first three hostages released on January 19, on the first day of the truce, in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners, left the hospital on Sunday.
The first phase of the ceasefire agreement concluded after 15 months of war must last six weeks and allow the release in total of 33 hostages against some 1900 Palestinian prisoners.
During this first phase must be negotiated the modalities of the second, which must allow the release of the last hostages and the final end of the war, before the last step on the reconstruction of Gaza and the restitution of the bodies of the hostages dead in captivity.
The war was triggered by the attack on October 7, 2023 by Hamas against Israel, which led to the death of 1210 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli data data .
Out of 251 people kidnapped during the attack, 87 are still hostage in Gaza, 34 of which died according to the army.
The offensive launched in retaliation by Israel in the Gaza Strip left at least 47,306 dead, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Government of Hamas, deemed reliable by the UN.
22 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, 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.
Arbel Yehud, a civilian whose Israel demanded the release on Saturday, “was not released” and “the list of status” of the hostages – dead or living – “was not subjected” by the Palestinian movement, according to the office by Benyamin Netanyahu.
Hamas, for its part, accused Israel on Sunday of “raping” the agreement by preventing the return of the inhabitants of northern Gaza.
Two Palestinian sources said on Sunday that the hostage should go home in the week in exchange for the release of 30 Palestinian prisoners, and that the crisis was “resolved”.
In Lebanon, where a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah had entered into force on November 27, the Ministry of Health reported 22 dead, including a soldier and six women, killed on Sunday by Israeli fire, then That hundreds of inhabitants were trying to return to villages close to the border still occupied by Israel.
Under the agreement, Israel was to complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon on Sunday, but announced on Friday that the operation would continue beyond that date.
