Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan on Thursday told Qatar-based broadcaster Al Araby the Palestinian militant group rejects Donald Trump’s proposal for an interim “Board of Peace” to oversee Gaza’s administration, headed by the US president himself.
Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed a ceasefire deal to free hostages held in Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails following indirect negotiations in Egypt.
Israel And Palestine War
The war began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel,.
In which 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals, including 815 civilians, were killed.
251 were taken hostage with the stated goal of forcing Israel to release Palestinian prisoners
In other to curb this 2years truce, Donald Trump has enforced 20-point peace plan, on which the indirect negotiations were based, calls for the disarmament of Hamas and for post-war Gaza to be ruled by a transitional authority governed by a board headed by Trump.
“No Palestinian would accept this.
All the factions, including the Palestinian Authority, reject this,” Hamdan told Al Araby Television Network.
Key points on the future of Gaza remain to be addressed.
Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas has said he hoped the Gaza deal could lead to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government have vowed to block such a move.
Under Trump’s plan, a temporary technocratic and apolitical Palestinian committee is charged with the day-to-day running of public services.
The supervisory “Board of Peace” committee Trump has said he would chair will also include former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
“No one would accept a return to the era of mandates and colonialism,” Hamdan said.
The board is also set to handle funding for the redevelopment of Gaza until the Palestinian Authority completes a reform programme and takes back control of the territory, under Trump’s plan.
