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Arab plan for Gaza a 'good-faith first step': US envoy
March 6, 2025
Fragile Gaza ceasefire on the rocks after Trump's threat
SUMMARY

Israel violates Gaza ceasefire again

Israel has killed 930 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

Another Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli detention

Israel to deploy 3,000 more policemen in occupied East Jerusalem

Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas over Gaza prisoners

Arab plan for Gaza a 'good-faith first step': US envoyUS envoy has praised the Arab plan for Gaza, without endorsing details of the proposed alternative to Trump's calls to displace Palestinians. "We need more discussion about it, but it's a good-faith first step," Steve Witkoff, Trump's Middle East envoy, told reporters.
US discussions with Hamas were recent:Trump envoy President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff has said that direct US discussions with Palestinian resistance group Hamas were in recent days, and the message to the group was that the United States wants to get hostages home.
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