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What’s in Donald Trump’s Twenty-Point ‘Resolution Strategy’ for Gaza?

Assuming each faction agree to a detailed list of requirements, the end of fighting will be followed by the freeing of all Israeli hostages, including deceased and living, “in under three days” of Israel’s leadership publicly accepting the agreement.

In return for the freeing of captives, Israeli authorities would release a group of 250 Palestinians currently serving life sentences and 1,700 Palestinians in the Gaza region held since the hostilities erupted on the 7th of October, 2023 following Hamas’s deadly attack on the nation of Israel.

For each captive from Israel whose remains are handed over, Israel will return the corpses of 15 deceased Palestinians.

The strategy does not mandate a full Israeli withdrawal before the hostage liberation. On the contrary, the Israeli army would pull back to an established boundary, within Gaza’s territory, to prepare for a prisoner exchange.

The proposal indicates that all armed activities, encompassing air strikes and shelling, will be halted during the exchange operation and front lines will stay fixed until “conditions are met for the phased full withdrawal”.

When every captive are freed, amnesty will be given to Hamas affiliates – the armed Islamist faction that Israel’s prime minister, Netanyahu, has repeatedly vowed to eliminate – who agree to non-violent cohabitation and to decommission their weapons.

Individuals who want to exit the Gaza region will be offered safe passage to nations who have agreed to receive them.

This twenty-point proposal foresees Gaza territory as “a region cleared of extremism and terrorism that does not pose any danger to adjacent states”. Additionally, it states the region will be “redeveloped for the welfare of the inhabitants of Gaza, who have endured excessive hardship”.

Vitally, and in defiance of the outlook of certain the far-right allies of Netanyahu, Israel’s leadership will not occupy or annex the region, which was the site of 21 settlements from Israel before their inhabitants were withdrawn in the year 2005.

Additionally, no any individual be forced to leave the Gaza region, the proposal assures. People who want to exit will be authorized to do so without hindrance and allowed to come back.

The Hamas organization will not be allowed any involvement, “in any form”, in the future governance of the area.

Donald Trump Calls on Negotiators to ‘Act Quickly’ as They Assemble in Egypt for Gaza Talks

President Trump has urged representatives of Hamas and Israel meeting in Egypt for key negotiations aimed at concluding Israel’s war in Gaza to “accelerate progress,” stating, in remarks on Sunday, that there had been “very positive” talks.

The US president stated:

We have had very positive discussions with Hamas, and States from all over the World (Arab and Muslim nations, among others) during the weekend, to release the Hostages, stop the fighting in the Gaza region but, more importantly, finally have long sought peace in the area of the Middle East.

These negotiations have been extremely effective, and advancing swiftly. Specialist groups will meet once more on Monday, in Egypt, to work through and finalize the final details. Sources indicate that the first phase is expected to conclude this week, and I am requesting each participant to ACT QUICKLY.

The US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to join the talks, as per reports from Israel, in addition to Israeli delegates and a delegation from Palestine led by Khalil al-Hayya, the assistant leader of the political office of the Hamas movement.

The Hamas official is reportedly due to meet with mediators from Egyptian and Qatari officials in the city of Cairo on Monday morning, ahead of discussions in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheikh.

However, Israel’s chief negotiator, strategic affairs minister Dermer, is expected to join negotiations later this week, depending on developments in the talks, according to several officials from Israel.

Hope regarding a possible truce has grown globally, with western and Arab leaders pressuring Hamas and Israel to reach an agreement. During Sunday, the German chancellor, Chancellor Merz, contacted Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and voiced backing for the Trump proposal, calling it “the best chance for peace”, as per a readout.