#Israel #security cabinet to meet on #Hamas #ceasefire & #hostage release deal
Top officials from countries around the world are currently meeting on various aspects of the #Gaza deal, from who could be involved in prisoner exchanges to how security could be handled in the months to come.
#MiddleEast #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/gaza-live-trump-says-israel-hamas-agree-first-phase-plan-end-war-2025-10-08/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
Here's who is meeting where Thursday:
FRANCE
Foreign ministers from #France, #Britain, #Germany, #Italy, #Spain as well as Arab ministers including #Qatar’s prime minister & #Egypt’s foreign minister are meeting in Paris to discuss the #Gaza post-war transition.
#ISRAEL
The Israeli #security cabinet is due to meet for a crucial vote that will be the first step of the Israeli government's backing of the #ceasefire & #hostage deal.
#UnitedStates
#Trump is scheduled to hold a meeting with members of his cabinet Thursday morning in Washington.
#EGYPT
Delegations from #Israel & #Hamas held indirect negotiations in Egypt this week, with delegations from Egypt, #Turkey, the #US & #Qatar present as intermediaries.
Talks in Sharm El-Sheikh continue over the names of long-serving #Palestinian prisoners #Hamas wants them freed, an official close to the talks told Reuters.
The #PalestinianAuthority expects a significant role in post-war #Gaza & is banking on Arab support to secure its position despite Israeli objections, #Palestinian ofcls say.
#Hamas seized control of the coastal enclave from #PA President Mahmoud #Abbas in 2007.
#Trump's proposal foresees an internationally supervised #technocratic #Palestinian cmte taking over #Gaza after the war. It requires the PA, which is based in the #Israel occupied #WestBank, to enact reforms before it can assume power.
While the #PA has welcomed #Trump's efforts, its officials have privately expressed disappointment.
An alternative plan drawn up by #SaudiArabia & #France had emphasised its leading role in #Gaza.
#Abbas has already declared his commitment to tackling corruption, holding elections, & other reforms requested by Western nations, helping to convince several of them to recognise #Palestine in recent weeks
3 senior #Palestinian officials said they still expect the #PA to be deeply involved in Gaza. They noted the role it has played in the enclave since the Hamas takeover, paying salaries to tens of thousands of civil servants & overseeing essential services, including education & Gaza's electricity supply.
"We're already there," Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa told Reuters.
#Mustafa, 71, was appointed by #Abbas last year as part of a shake-up of the Authority after President Joe #Biden made clear he wanted to see a revitalized #PA take charge in post-war Gaza.
"It's one thing to have some international, temporary arrangements to help & monitor things, it's another to govern & get things done," Mustafa said.
#Trump is holding a meeting of his cabinet.
"Last night we reached a momentous breakthrough in the Middle East, something that people said was never going to be done," Trump said.
"We ended the war in #Gaza,” Trump said taking credit for the international effort.
"We secured the release of all of the remaining hostages, & they should be released on Monday or Tuesday," he said.
He added that he would try & make a trip over to the #MiddleEast.
#Trump started his cabinet meeting discussing the #Gaza deal, but after about 15 mins moved on to his domestic priorities.
He blamed #Democrats for the #shutdown, talked about drug prices, #tariffs & #immigration.
He said he will use the shutdown to cut govt programs.
"We'll be cutting some very popular *Democrat programs* that aren't popular with Republicans, frankly, because that's the way it works. They wanted to do this, so we'll get a little taste of their own medicine," Trump said.
We want our medicine you fool -- that's why there is a shutdown. Oh, and Epstein too.
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