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mother of the murdered israeli hostage Ran Gwili has called on Israel to refuse to move to the next phase of the ceasefire before his son’s final body left in GazaIs returned.
Talik Gwili called for “no action to be taken to implement the next phase” there Gaza ceasefire As she announced that she would be joining benjamin netanyahu during his visit to meet donald trump On 28th December.
“It is incomprehensible that the other side violates agreements and we continue as if nothing happened,” Ms Gwili said. israel time“There is an agreement, The agreement has the support of the President of the United States, If we do not insist on full implementation of the agreement, we may lose the Queen forever,”
Israel and Hamas have repeatedly accused each other of violating a US-brokered ceasefire since it began in October, with hundreds of deaths reported in the months that followed.
Hamas says it does not know where Ran Gwili’s remains are. The ceasefire agreement, which began on October 10, has seen the return of 20 surviving hostages and all the remaining dead hostages except Ran.
An Israeli soldier was injured by an explosive device in Rafah, in the latest dispute over alleged ceasefire violations. Netanyahu’s office vowed that Israel would “respond accordingly” although Hamas claims that it was unexploded Israeli ordnance from bombs dropped by Israel that injured the officer.
Denying responsibility for the explosion, officer Mahmoud Mardawi said in a statement on Twitter that it was “caused by bombs dropped by the enemy that did not explode before, and we have informed the mediators about this”.
The 20-point plan released by Trump in September calls for steps toward a comprehensive peace after an initial cease-fire. It ultimately calls for Hamas to disarm and have no governing role in Gaza and for Israel to pull out of the territory, which remains in ruins after two years of war.
But both sides do not completely agree on everything and Hamas has said that it will hand over its weapons only when the Palestinian state is established.
On Wednesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he met with Hamas political bureau officials in Ankara to discuss advancing the ceasefire agreement to the second phase, a Foreign Ministry source told news agency Reuters.
It came as Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that Israel would spend 350 billion shekels (£81 billion) on developing independent weapons to reduce dependence on other countries.
“We will continue to acquire necessary supplies while independently arming ourselves,” Netanyahu said at a ceremony for the new pilots.
He added: “I don’t know whether a country can be completely independent, but we will strive… to ensure that as much of our weapons as possible are produced in Israel. Our goal is to build an independent arms industry for the State of Israel and reduce dependence on any party, including allies.”
Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump next week will largely be to discuss the next phase of Trump’s Gaza plan.