US: plan to end the war in Gaza with Israel

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Steve Witkoff, peculiar envoy of U.S. president Donald Trump, told the families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Tel Aviv that he was working with the Israeli government on a plan that would end the conflict in the Gaza Strip. He said most Israelis and people in Gaza wanted the hostages back.PAP

US peculiar Envoy Steve Witkoff announced during a gathering with hostage families in Tel Aviv that the United States is working on a plan to end the conflict in Gaza. According to Witkoff, this plan is being developed jointly with the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. president Donald Trump's emissary stressed that most Israelis and residents of Gaza want the hostages to return home.

«We have a very, very good plan that we are working together with the Israeli government, with Prime Minister Netanyahu to rebuild Gaza. This actually means the end of the war" - said Witkoff, quoted by the agency Reuters. The White home asked to comment on these words did not mention to them.

The gathering with the U.S. envoy was held at the hostage square in Tel Aviv and lasted almost 2 hours, as reported by the Israeli portal Times of Israel. «Most Israelis want hostages to return home. besides most of the people of Gaza want them back due to the fact that they want to rebuild the Gaza Strip" - said Witkoff.

Hostages inactive in captivity

There are inactive 49 people in the Gaza Strip, alive or dead, who Hamas terrorists kidnapped from Israel during the October 2023 attack. “There is no triumph without bringing everyone home; you have all become part of my family” - added the American envoy during the gathering with families.

The October 2023 Hamas attack sparked the ongoing war in Gaza. Terrorists then killed 1.2 1000 people and abducted 251 hostages. As a consequence of the conflict, more than 60,000 Palestinians were killed, as reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Humanitarian aid priority

Witkoff visited the humanitarian aid distribution center in Gaza on Friday morning in an Israeli-controlled area. White home press secretary Karoline Leavitt informed a U.S. envoy to the mediate East that his task would be to make a plan to increase food supply and humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

U.S. president Donald Trump wrote on the social platform that the fastest way to end the crisis would be to surrender to Hamas and release hostages. The American administration intensifys diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in the mediate East.

(PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.

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