Location at a glance: Gaza deal according to Trump very close – and warn of famine

US President Donald Trump stirs up hopes for an early ceasefire between Israel and Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The warring parties are very close to an agreement, Trump said in the White House in front of journalists on Friday. There is a chance. “We will let you know during the day or maybe tomorrow,” he added. While Israel has accepted a US proposal for a temporary ceasefire, according to the White House, Hamas still checks the plan. It is uncertain whether she also agrees to him in the end.

Hamas was disappointed with the proposal, since he continues to give Israel the opportunity to resume the fights after the fire break has expired, the “Times of Israel” reported, citing the negotiations. The terrorist organization also criticizes that the US plan does not contain any clear information on the withdrawal of the Israeli army, the “Wall Street Journal” quoted Hamas representatives that were not mentioned by name. On the other hand, neither sides wanted to be held responsible for the failure of the recent peace efforts, the BBC reported.

UN organization warns of famine

Meanwhile, the United Nations continues to warn against famine in the Gaza Strip. “Gaza is the most hungry area in the world,” said Jens Laerke’s spokesman for the UN Nothilfebüro in Geneva. It is the only clearly defined area of ​​the earth in which all residents are threatened by a famine without exception. The UN have tens of thousands of pallets with food in front of the limits of the Gaza Strip, but should not distribute this. “The occupying power deliberately blocks help for the Gaza Strip,” he said.

Since March, Israel’s government had blocked all aid deliveries into the sealed coastal area. According to her, the pressure on Hamas should be increased so that the last hostages kidnapped during the terrorist attack in Israel on October 7, 2023. The blockade was relaxed ten days ago, but only something. It is “like a drop in a region with a catastrophic hunger,” said Laerke. He spoke of an organizational “forced jacket”.

Waffenruhe and liberation of hostages

According to Israeli media reports, the plan of the US specialist Steve Witkoff provides for a 60-day ceasefire. According to this, ten hostages should be released in two steps within a week and the bodies of 18 abducted people should be handed over, it said in several reports. In return, 125 Palestinians were sentenced to life sentences and 1,111 residents of the Gaza Strip, which were arrested after the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023.

According to reports, discussions are to be held over an end to the Gaza War during the two-month ceasefire. In the event of an agreement between Israel and Hamas, the remaining hostages and the remains of the other abductions should be handed over. Hamas had recently rejected a temporary ceasefire and demanded the withdrawal of the Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and an end to the war.

Reports: Israel blocks diplomat visit in West Bank

In the meantime, in unconfirmed media reports from the USA and Israel, a planned visit to the Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs is talking to his colleagues from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Turkey in occupied West Bank, which Israel blocks. The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank wanted to use the visit planned for Sunday to drive the international recognition of a Palestinian state to be created, the “Times of Israel” quoted a rank -high Israeli official.

“Such a state would certainly become a terrorist state in the heart of Israel,” the Israeli news page “Ynet” quoted a naga. Since Israel checked the borders of the West Bank, the delegation, led by the Saudi Foreign Minister, would have needed the Israeli government to be approved. The US news page “Axios” was likely to further tighten the “extremely unusual decision” to block this visit between Israel’s government and neighboring Arab countries.

Conference for two -state solution planned

In mid -June, Saudi Arabia and France want to organize an international conference at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York in order to promote a two -state solution – i.e. the establishment of an independent Palestinian state that occurs peacefully side by side with Israel. The French President Emmanuel Macron had recently made it possible to understand in an interview that his country could recognize such a Palestinian state at the conference. However, Israel’s head of government Benjamin Netanyahu rejects a two -state solution as well as the radical Islamists of Hamas, who are committed to the annihilation of the Jewish state.

Israel bombies goals in Syria

Meanwhile, the Israeli Air Force again attacked arms camps in Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights based in London, barracks were hit in the Latakia region. Information about the dead and injuries were initially not available. It was Israel’s first air raid in Syria since the beginning of May.

Between December 2024, when insurgents plunged the Syrian long-term power of Bashar al-Assad, and in early May Israel had flown dozens of attacks. With the bombing of arms camps, the army wanted to prevent the stocks from falling into the hands of jihadists and other anti-Israel-hostile forces.