Printed On 14 Jan 2026
United States President Donald Trump’s particular envoy to the Center East has introduced the launch of the second section of a US-brokered plan to finish Israel’s genocidal warfare in opposition to Palestinians within the Gaza Strip.
Steve Witkoff mentioned in a social media put up on Wednesday that Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan is “transferring from ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction”.
The second section will set up a transitional administration to manipulate over the bombarded Palestinian territory and see the “full demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza”, Witkoff mentioned.
“The US expects Hamas to conform absolutely with its obligations, together with the rapid return of the ultimate deceased hostage. Failure to take action will deliver critical penalties,” he mentioned.
Israel has violated the US-brokered ceasefire more than 1,190 times because it got here into impact in October, in line with the Gaza Authorities Media Workplace, killing greater than 400 Palestinians and blocking crucial humanitarian help from getting into the enclave.
Hamas, which has condemned Israel’s repeated ceasefire violations, didn’t instantly touch upon Witkoff’s announcement.
Reporting from Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Wednesday, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum famous that the Palestinian group beforehand mentioned it was able to abandon day-to-day governance in Gaza as outlined underneath the Trump plan.
However the actual make-up and authority of the provisional physique anticipated to manipulate within the enclave is just not but clear, Abu Azzoum mentioned.
He added that critical questions additionally stay across the reconstruction of Gaza, the place greater than 80 % of all buildings have been broken or destroyed in Israel’s bombardment.
“The sturdiness of the ceasefire itself stays a key variable. Any deterioration may delay and even smash these plans,” Abu Azzoum mentioned.
The Israeli authorities additionally didn’t instantly touch upon Witkoff’s announcement.
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