US plan for the end of the war: hostage members hope for the help of the Chancellor

Chancellor Friedrich Merz urges the terrorist organization Hamas to accept the US plan for an end to the Gaza War and to leave all of its hostages. After years of bloodshed, President Donald Trump’s proposal was “the best chance, the best chance so far, at the end of the war,” said the CDU politician at the beginning of the cabinet exam on the outskirts.

Previously, Merz had received members of the Hamas Geiseln with German citizenship very early in the morning in the Chancellery. The families of the dragged on on October 7, 2023 now take hope of getting their relatives back from the violence of the terrorists in the Gaza Strip after more than 700 days.

“So many ups and downs”

The plan is offering a chance, said Idit Ohel, mother of the young musician Alon Ohel, caught by Hamas, the German press agency. “We have to see what Hamas says about it.” As long as you have to wait.

“We had so many ups and downs,” said the mother very quietly. Something was always in between. “I hope this is the time that the war ends and our son comes home and all the other hostages. We hope it. But we are tired. And we don’t know.”

Confusion about the deadline

A few hours earlier, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington publicly supported the Trump plan, which also provides for the release of the hostages. In a message from the White House it was said: “Within 72 hours after Israel publicly agrees to this agreement, all hostages, whether alive or dead, are returned.”

A return, really within three days? That could not be true, said the members of the German Hamas Geiseln during their visit to Berlin. You read the agreement differently and expect the deadline only run when Hamas has accepted the deal. If she accepts him. They don’t want to afford false hopes.

Ruby Chen, the father of Geisel Itay Chen, said that the family had not received any indication of Hamas since the kidnapping during the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023, who was under their violence and how those affected are. “This is the lowest type of psychological terror that can endure someone for 725 days.”

He sets concrete hopes in Chancellor Merz to play a central role in the implementation of the Trump plan and to persuade Hamas to consent to Turkey. “Germany has a very special relationship with Türkiye, and Turkey has an impact on Hamas, financially, ideologically,” said Ruby Chen of the dpa. “Perhaps this is the time to push Turkey a little more so that it urges Hamas to say about this framework agreement.”

End of the “metaphorical tunnel”

The mother of Tamir Nimrodi also sees a chance of the end of the war. “I hope that if the whole world stands behind this deal, this also succeeds because Hamas has no choice,” said Herut Nimrodi. “I think and I hope that we will soon see the end of this metaphorical tunnel.”

Tamir Nimrodi was a educational officer at a attacked military base at the time of the Hamas attack. Itay Chen was a soldier in a tank unit. Alon Ohel was kidnapped by the Nova Music Festival. All three have German citizenship because this also applies to a parent. The relatives have been asking for support in Germany for two years.

Germany wants to get involved

After his meeting with the relatives, Merz said that Israel supported the Trump plan was significant progress. Now Hamas had to agree and clear the way to peace. If an agreement is made, Germany is ready to contribute to the implementation, said Merz. “This applies politically, this applies to humanitarian and of course also applies to the reconstruction of the region.”