Netanyahu awaits meeting with Trump to decide on Gaza file.. and political stagnation dominates the sector

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is awaiting his anticipated meeting with US President Donald Trump in Florida at the end of December of this month, while the Gaza Strip file is witnessing a state of political stagnation, according to what an informed Israeli source told the official broadcasting authority on Friday.

The Hebrew authority quoted the unnamed source as saying that Netanyahu prefers to postpone taking decisive decisions related to the Gaza Strip until after his meeting with Trump, noting that the vision regarding the sector's future is still immature, amid the absence of clear consensus on the next steps.

The source clarified that the field and political scene in various areas, including the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Syria, has not witnessed major changes, and that developments are linked to the results of the planned meeting between Netanyahu and Trump.

He added that the recent discussions regarding the next phase of Trump's plan for the Gaza Strip ended without taking practical decisions, despite addressing essential files, including disarming Hamas movement, a broader withdrawal of Israeli army forces from the sector, in addition to launching a path for reconstruction.

According to the source, several possible scenarios for dealing with the Gaza Strip were raised during these discussions, ranging between a complete American withdrawal from any direct role, and an American field presence through private security companies, as well as the possibility that the Israeli army itself would undertake the task of disarming Hamas, which may ultimately lead to imposing military administration on the sector.

Earlier this December, the Israeli government spokesperson said that Netanyahu will meet Trump on the 29th of the same month, to discuss the next stages in the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

Yesterday Thursday, Trump said that Netanyahu will likely visit him in Florida during the Christmas holiday, without mentioning a specific date.

It is recalled that on September 29 last year, Trump announced a peace plan and ceasefire in Gaza consisting of 20 points, including: the release of Israeli prisoners, ceasefire, disarming Hamas movement, Israeli withdrawal from the sector, forming a technocratic government, and deploying an international stabilization force.

On October 10 last year, the first phase of the ceasefire agreement came into effect, while Israel violated some of its provisions and delayed transitioning to the second phase, claiming the remaining of one of its soldiers captive in Gaza, despite the Palestinian factions continuing their search operations amid the massive destruction caused by the Israeli genocide that lasted for two years.

The agreement was supposed to end a genocide committed by Tel Aviv over two years starting from October 8, 2023, which resulted in the killing of more than 70,000 Palestinians, and injuring more than 171,000, but Israel continues its violations and suffocating blockade on the sector to this day.