The leaders of the Group of Seven countries said, in a statement on Monday, that they “fully support and will support” the ceasefire and the prisoner release agreement in Gaza, announced by US President Joe Biden, calling on the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to accept it.
The statement stated that the agreement “will lead to an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages, a significant and sustained increase in humanitarian aid throughout Gaza, and a permanent end to the crisis, while ensuring Israel’s security interests and the safety of civilians in Gaza.”
The statement added, “We call on Hamas to accept this deal, which Israel is willing to go through, and we urge countries that have influence with Hamas to help ensure that it does so.”
The G7 includes the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
On the Israeli level, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said earlier today, Monday, that the US President’s plan means ending the war on Gaza without eliminating the Hamas movement, and without achieving the goals of the war.
Ben Gvir threatened to dismantle the government if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the deal without eliminating Hamas. He added that the procrastination in showing him the draft means that there is a bad agreement that will lead to ending the war without “annihilating Hamas,” and he demanded that it be presented immediately, stressing that he will not make a decision. Before that.
Ben Gvir’s statements – one of the extremists in Netanyahu’s far-right government – came after Israeli media quoted Netanyahu as saying that what President Biden presented regarding the deal proposal was not accurate, refusing to agree to stop the war on the Gaza Strip before achieving its goals.
Last Friday evening, US President Joe Biden announced the details of a three-stage Israeli proposal, which includes a ceasefire, prisoner exchange, and the reconstruction of Gaza.
With the mediation of Egypt and Qatar and the participation of the United States, Israel and Hamas have been conducting faltering indirect negotiations for months, while the Israeli war on Gaza has continued since October 7, 2023.
The Israeli war on Gaza left more than 118,000 martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and about 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of children and the elderly.
