But as negotiators converge in the Middle East this weekend, the optimism that the end of the war is close to the entire region of the week of its second anniversary.
The special envoy of the United States Steve Witkoff and the son -in -law of President Trump, Jared Kushner, travel to Egypt to mark the remaining conflict points of an agreement, said a senior White House official to NBC News on Saturday.
Netanyahu said he hoped to announce the return of the hostages during the Jewish holidays of Sukkot, which lasts from Monday to October 13, and that he had also sent a team to Egypt to “finish the technical details of the release of our hostages.”
An agreement “was not yet final,” he warned.
Trump’s plan demands that Hamas disarm, and not immediately order the complete withdrawal of the Israeli forces of Gaza. Hamas did not mention disarmament in his response to the agreement and has long stipulated a complete Israeli retirement as part of any agreement.
Netanyahu said that the Israeli forces “would move again in such a way that the IDF will continue to support all the territories that controls the interior of the strip,” as part of the first stage of the plan.
Trump published a map on Truth Social on Saturday that, according to him, showed the initial retirement line that Israel agreed. The map shows that Israel would keep control of most of the strip.
Hamas “will be disarmed” and demilitarized gaza in the second phase of Trump’s plan, said Netanyahu, warning what would happen politically or militarily.
The negotiations in Egypt occur after the Gaza Ministry of Health said on Saturday that the death toll from death in the enclave had spent 67,000 after the addition of more than 700 people whose data had been verified.
Dr. Muhammad Abu Salmiya, director of the Al-Shifa hospital, told NBC News on Saturday that the bodies of 54 people had been taken to hospitals through the Gaza Strip, including 45 in the city of Gaza. Trump said Friday that Israel must “immediately stop the bombing of Gaza.”
Salmiya said that some were killed in ongoing attacks, while others were shot while trying to return to their homes in conflict areas or while waiting for help.
On Tuesday marks the second anniversary of the beginning of the Israel-Hamas War, which began on October 7, 2023, with the terrorist attacks led by Hamas against Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and kidnapped.
As the remaining hostages approach their third year in captivity, tens of thousands of protesters met in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Saturday night awaiting news from a possible hostage agreement.
According to the Families of Hosages and missing families, it is estimated that 120,000 people attended.
In the Hostages Square, the protesters deployed a huge reading of black banners, in white and red letters, “it is now or never.”
