Leaders of several countries welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Israel and Hamas had signed the first phase of a peace plan for Gaza.
Qatar, a mediator in the agreement, welcomed the accord as an initial step to end the war on Gaza and ensure hostage- prisoners swap.
“An agreement was reached on all the provisions and implementation mechanisms of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which will lead to ending the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of aid,” Majed Al-Ansari, Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry, wrote on his social media account (X). The details will be announced later, he added.
In Canberra, Australian government welcomed the agreement as prime minister Anthony Albanese commended the accord as a “a ray of light” to bring peace in the middle east.
Albanese told the House of Representatives that “There is growing international momentum to bring peace and security to the Middle East and we must all continue to work together to build on this.
In a joint statement with Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Albanese urged “all parties to respect the terms of the plan”, stating there is a “long road to recovery in Gaza”.
Turkish Foreign Ministry also welcomed the agreement of a ceasefire in Gaza, hoping that it “will bring an end to the genocide that has continued for the past two years.”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomes announcement of ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
The announcement followed three days of indirect talks between Hamas and Israel in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Senior officials from Qatar, Turkey, Egypt and the United States had joined the delegations from Israel and Hamas on Wednesday for those talks.
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