Rubio says Hamas ‘must be eradicated’, throwing doubt on Gaza Comesefifer Tell | Israel-Palestine News of Conflict

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio fully supported Israel’s war goals in the Gaza’s belt, saying that Hamas “must be eradicated” and throwing a future of a poignant truck in further doubt.

Rubio met on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Western Jerusalem at the beginning of the regional tour, where he is likely to face Proposal of US President Donald Trump In order to move the Palestinian population from Gaza’s belt and rearranged it owned by the United States, a plan that the organizations for human rights called ethnic cleansing.

“The president was also very brave, not the same tired ideas of the past, but something new,” Rubio told reporters.

Netanyahu welcomed the plan, also calling it “bold”, and said that he and Trump had a “common strategy” for the future of Gaza.

With the eyes of Trump, he said that “the door of hell would be open” if Hamas did not publish dozens of remaining prisoners abducted in the attack on October 7, 2023, which preceded the war.

The leaders’ remarks followed only two weeks before First phase of tribute In Israel’s war against Gaza, who killed more than 61,700 Palestinians, he should end. The second phase – in which the hamas should be released by the remaining prisoners in exchange for several Palestinian prisoners, permanent tribute and withdrawal of Israeli forces – has yet to be negotiated.

Rubio said that Hamas “could not continue as a military or government force.”

“As long as it is a force that can manage or as a force that can manage or as a force that can threaten to use violence, peace becomes impossible,” Rubio said. “It must be eradicated.”

Such a language could complicate the efforts to continue talking to Hamas, which, despite the suffering of great losses in the war, remains intact and controls the gauze.

The American Envoy in the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said on Sunday that talks about the second phase of the trial would continue this week, after having a “very productive and constructive” calls with Netanyahu, as well as Egyptian Director of Intelligence and Prime Minister Katar Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al Thani.

“[We spoke about] Sequencing the second phase, setting positions on both sides, so we can understand … where we are today, and then continue conversations this week in local to determine ourselves to understand how to reach the end of the second phase successfully, “said Witkoff.

Former American diplomat Nabeel Khoury said he ruined the traditional placement of US diplomats, which would first meet with the Israeli government and then Palestinian administration, which has some control on the occupied west coast.

“Rubio does not do it. So, this is the Palestinian administration despite all the benefits and all cooperation and cooperation he gave to the Israeli government,” he told Al Jazeera.

“The next stop after Israel will be Riyadh and maybe the United Arab Emirates,” Khoury added, claiming that it fits in “Trump’s vision … What is the renovation of Gaza’s minus Palestinian population.”

Osama Hamdan, a senior spokesman for Hamas, told Al Jazeera that Israeli plans to force Palestinians from Gaza are not new and that they are previously pronounced, including during the first and other intipardas.

Trump “has no idea about the resistance of Palestinians. There is no idea how Palestinians are related to their homeland,” Hamdan said, noticing “It’s not real estate. It’s a homeland.”

He added that every time Israeli officials talked about the “elimination” of Hamas, the group became only “stronger”.

With Trump, ‘We’ll finish the job’

After meeting with Rubio, Netanyahu said that Israel and now determined to prevent Iran’s nuclear ambitions and his “aggression” in the Middle East.

“Behind every terrorist group, behind every act of violence, behind any destabilizing activity, behind everything that threatens peace and stability for millions of people who call this region home is Iran,” Rubio said.

Netanyahu said that in the last 16 months, Israel has been imposed on a “powerful blow” to Iran since the beginning of the war in Gaza against Hamas and said that with the support of Trump “I have no doubt that we can and that we will finish the job.”

He said Israel weakened the Lebanese Shiite group of Hezbollah and hit hundreds of targets in Syria to prevent the new front of Iranian supported to open up against Israel.

In the meantime, the Israeli army announced that on Sunday, Sunday had made an air strike on the people who had approached their forces in southern Gaza.

The Ministry of the Interior of HAMAS said the strike had killed three of his police officers as they secured the entry of a truck to help near Rafah, on the Egyptian border.

Hamas said the attack was a “serious violation” of the trial and accused Netanyahu of trying to sabotage the agreement.

Hamdan told Al Jazeera that Netanyahu and his government’s actions suggest “a truce is in danger”, but Hamas will do his best to continue the agreement.

“It will be clear to me in this,” he said. “If Netanyahu decides to attack Gaza a second time, it won’t be [easy] for him. “