Israel kills 39 in Gaza as Hamas reviews Trump’s proposal to end war

Diplomatic sources have told Al Jazeera that Hamas’s negotiating team is studying US President Trump’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he agreed to the plan in a news briefing with Trump at the White House, as Israeli forces continued to escalate attacks on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 39 people on Monday.
British PM welcomes Trump plan for Gaza
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has joined other leaders in welcoming US President Donald Trump’s plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza.

“We call on all sides to come together and to work with the US Administration to finalise this agreement and bring it into reality,” Starmer said in as statement.

“Hamas should now agree to the plan and end the misery, by laying down their arms and releasing all remaining hostages,” he said.

People in Gaza focused on survival as negotiations to end war continue
The new proposed US plan to end the war in Gaza has been delivered by US President Donald Trump, after a meeting with the Israeli prime minister.

It calls for a full demilitarisation of Hamas and its full removal from governance, which might be seen by the group as surrender.

Palestinians on the ground believe that this plan, if it’s going to be approved, will be some sort of foreign control over Gaza, with the deployment of a foreign stabilisation force that sounds logistically and politically difficult, especially in a war zone.

People believe that this plan aims to completely reshape Gaza’s governance, economy and security.

But it is still unclear to what extent Hamas will agree on this proposal, and to what extent Israel will commit to its terms.

For now, people are focusing on survival in light of the current discussions taking place in multiple regional metropolises.

People on the ground are still experiencing hell on earth, while bombardment continues to unfold on an hourly basis.

A recap of recent developments
Here’s what you need to know:

US President Donald Trump unveiled a 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, saying that if Hamas does not accept it, he will give full support for Israel to do “what it has to do”.
Diplomatic sources told Al Jazeera that Hamas’s negotiating team is studying the proposal.
The plan has been welcomed by several countries, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, France, Italy and the UK.
The leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Ziad al-Nakhala, said the plan was “a recipe for continued aggression on the Palestinian people” that could “blow up the region”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologised to Qatar’s prime minister for the death of a Qatari serviceman during Israel’s attack on a Hamas delegation in the capital, Doha, earlier this month.
Israeli bombardment continued in Gaza on Monday, killing at least 39 people across the war-torn enclave.
An Israeli drone attack on southern Lebanon killed one person.

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