Besieged Gazans find chink of hope in Trump peace plan

Apiri Huwaii had slipped into a rare sleep amid the fierce shelling in Gaza City when she shook her husband waking up on Friday night: Hamas responded positively to the proposal of US president Donald Trump.

In the darkness of her parents ’house, they read the news until dawn:“ We could not sleep for all happiness, ”said Huwai, 35 years old.

The mother of three times had left the house for weeks, as Israel intensified its attack on the city, but after the announcement of Friday, it felt optimistic about spreading in its amazing and empty streets.

She said, “Whether it is fleeing south or not, it was a headache consuming the individual’s mind for 24 hours.” “People have now stopped thinking like this, because there are negotiations, and we hope that is a solution.”

The construction of the momentum behind the Trump plan of 20 points for the ceasefire and the rule of Gaza after the war, which was unveiled last week, was an ointment for some-such as my Vehoute-who were in the north of the besieged pocket, where the Israeli Defense Minister said last week any person who will be considered “terrorists and terrorist tools.”

But many in Gaza, despite its inability to resist hope, suspect that the last round of talks will lead to a full end of the Israeli war against Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that has controlled Gaza since 2007.

Trump’s plan has very controversial elements, such as the main role in Gaza governance for former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

For Gazan, any plan prevents Israel’s attack is better than the daily killings and hunger they are now carrying. But after two years of failed negotiations, they learned to be careful. Some people fear that if the hostage enthusiasm, Israel may resume attacks.

Mohanad Sheikh Ali, 26, said the negotiations were a “political game”. He noted that there are clear differences between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas over the main elements of the plan.

The militants’ attack on October 7, 2023 led to Israel – where they killed 1,200 people in Israel and seized 250 care – the war, which in turn led to a wave of instability in the Middle East.

Sheikh Ali lives in a tent with his parents and his siblings in Mawasi Al -Sahili, where he survived the use of a joint oven. He said that the prices of basic goods have begun to decline since Hamas declared, a sign that some Ghazan believes that the deal may succeed in raising the siege of Israel partially at least.

The Israeli attack killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, and reduced a lot of tape to the rubble. Sheikh Ali abandoned a future depicting in Gaza. He said he hoped that any agreement will open border crossings so that he can leave and make a new life far.

“Many of us have been killed,” he said. “Beyond hope, beyond patience.”

Negotists will hold talks with Israel and Hamas on the US -led proposal in Egypt on Monday. Netanyahu said that Israel accepts the plan, but with warnings.

Hamas also agreed to some proposals and said it was ready to return 48 hostages, 20 of whom are still alive.

But the details about some of the main issues – such as whether the Israeli army will withdraw completely from Gaza and whether Hamas will disarm it – remain mysterious.

On Saturday, Israel and the United States agreed that the Israeli forces will return from their previous lines in Gaza, but the Palestinians and relief workers said that the bombings continued. About 66 people were killed on Friday and Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health in the tape.

Many people in Gaza feel that they lived within moments of kinship several times.

In the refugee camps sunken in the coast of southern Gaza, in which many of the 2.1 million populations were displaced, residents said that the news brought some spontaneous celebrations – but a few general relief flows that were seen during the previous rounds of negotiations.

Esraa Sami, 23, escaped from Gaza City last month, when Israel sought its attack. Her father was killed in Israeli bombing a few days ago, as they were preparing to escape.

In her tent on the edge of Mawasi, her ambitions to apply for a master’s degree abroad sponsored. But it balances hope with caution.

A graduate of the psychology said: “We have passed a few moments of optimism when Hamas announced its acceptance of the deal, but I am warned,” said a graduate of the psychology.

“We rejoiced a lot in the past on similar occasions, but it quickly turned into disappointment, so we will wait until there is implementation … People praised his God when the announcement came, but they decided to wait and see.”

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The Trump plan excludes forced displacement of Ghazan, saying that the Palestinians will have a choice between the remaining or departure after the start of the shooting.

For many, such as Sami and Ali, the deal that opened the border crossings can mean escaping from what they see as a place that was not left after Israel destroyed the cities and towns that they would have worked and studied.

Sami does not want to carry what you know will be years of ruin after war and rebuilding. She said, “I will go, and I return when Gaza returns to being Gaza.”

Dina Ayash, a 40 -year -old former school principal, decided that she will leave with her parents and sisters, but she knows it will be difficult: “The problem is where she goes, which country will receive us?”

But stopping to kill would bring at least a more urgent comfort.

Abeer Huwai, the mother, laughed at Gaza City, when I thought about what she would first do in the ceasefire. She said, “My children are besieged inside.” “I will take them and go to the sea.”