WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Sunday said talks on implementing a truce for Gaza will take days.
His foreign policy chief Marco Rubio warned that Israel needs to stop bombing for a hostage release to happen.
“They’re in negotiations right now as we speak. They’ve started the negotiations. It’ll last a couple of days,“ Trump told reporters at the White House.
“We’ll see how it turns out. But I’m hearing it’s going very well,“ he added.
In a text exchange with CNN released Sunday, Trump said “yes” when asked if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on board with ending the military campaign in Gaza.
Negotiators from Israel and Hamas were set to hold talks in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh.
Netanyahu expressed hope that hostages held in Gaza could be released within days.
But Rubio called for a halt to Israeli bombing on Gaza.
“I think the Israelis and everyone acknowledge you can’t release hostages in the middle of strikes, so the strikes will have to stop,“ the secretary of state told CBS News talk show “Face the Nation.”
“There can’t be a war going on in the middle of it.”
The diplomatic push follows the positive response by Hamas to Trump’s roadmap for an end to the fighting.
The plan involves releasing captives in Gaza in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
Rubio told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that there were “logistical challenges” to address to pave the way for the hostage release.
He also predicted that the longer-term goals would be “even harder” to attain.
These include determining how the war-ravaged territory will be governed and disarming militants.
“You can’t set up a government structure in Gaza that’s not Hamas in three days. I mean, it takes some time,“ Rubio told NBC.
Trump told CNN he expected clarity “soon” on whether Hamas was committed to peace.
The Palestinian militant group carried out the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the conflict.
The US president added that if Hamas were to refuse to cede power, they would face “Complete Obliteration!” – AFP
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