Washington – The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said in a Sunday interview in “Meet The Press” that the ongoing negotiations between Hamas and Israel are not yet the end of the war and that establishing a group to govern Gaza “takes some time”, but emphasized that there was a plan to do so.
It occurs when Israel and Hamas seem to be closer to implementing a 20 -point peace plan proposed by President Donald Trump.
“Everyone has agreed, including Israel, that eventually, at some point here, as this process develops, Gaza will be governed by a Palestinian technocratic group that is not Hamas, which is not terrorists, with the help and assistance and guidance of an international consortium such as the Peace Board,” said Rubio, who echoes the language of the proposed peace plan.
At the same time, Rubio said that “a government structure cannot be established in Gaza other than Hamas in three days.”
“I mean, it takes some time,” he said.
The peace plan stipulates that Gaza “would be governed under the temporal transition governance of a technocratic and apolitical Palestinian committee.” The plan also establishes that Hamas, who had ruled Gaza, would have no role in the government in the future.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly supported the peace plan, which includes the release of all Israeli hostages of Hamas, during a visit to the White House last week.
Hamas has expressed his willingness to free all hostages, Alive or Dead, and plans to send a team on Sunday to Cairo, where the deepest negotiations are scheduled to start on Monday. The special envoy of the Trump Steve Witkoff administration and the son -in -law of the president, Jared Kushner, plan to attend in the United States name
Asked by moderator Kristen Welker if peace negotiations mark the end of the war in Gaza, Rubio said “not yet.”
“There is a work that remains to be done,” he said, pointing out the ongoing meetings to determine the logistics of implementing a peace plan.
The parties must now determine first, how hostages are released and, secondly, how to create a new Palestinian leadership.
“How is this Palestinian technocratic leadership created that is not Hamas, which is not terrorists and with the help of the international community?” Rubio said, presenting continuous problems. “How do you develop some type of terrorist groups that are going to build tunnels and carry out attacks against Israel?”
There are ongoing conversations to logistically determine how hostages can be released, he said.
“You must make sure that the Red Cross can get there, what time will be there, where they will be,” said Rubio. “Everything that has to be worked.”
When asked if the hostages could be released as soon as this week, Rubio said: “We want it to be as soon as possible.”
