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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) astatine his absorption to immoderate relation for Turkish information forces successful the Gaza Strip arsenic portion of a ngo to show a U.S.-backed ceasefire with the Palestinian militant radical Hamas.
Speaking successful Jerusalem alongside visiting U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Mr. Netanyahu said they had discussed the “day-after” for Gaza, including who could supply information successful the territory shattered by 2 years of war.
Mr. Vance, who said connected Tuesday (October 21) U.S. President Donald Trump’s ceasefire program was going amended than expected, reiterated his optimism. “I ne'er said it was easy. But what I americium is optimistic that the ceasefire is going to clasp and that we tin really physique a amended aboriginal successful the full Middle East,” helium said.
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With a fragile ceasefire successful spot for 12 days, absorption has switched to the 2nd signifier of Mr. Trump’s Gaza plan.
This requires Hamas to disarm and foresees the constitution of an internationally-supervised Palestinian committee to tally Gaza with an planetary unit supporting vetted Palestinian police.
NETANYAHU HAS ‘STRONG OPINIONS’ ON TURKISH ROLE IN GAZA
Responding to a question astir the thought of Turkish information forces successful Gaza, Mr. Netanyahu said: “I person precise beardown opinions astir that. Want to conjecture what they are?”
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry did not instantly respond to a petition for comment, portion the Defence Ministry declined to remark connected the issue.
Mr. Vance said connected Tuesday (October 21) determination would beryllium a “constructive role” for Turkey to play but that Washington wouldn’t unit thing connected Israel erstwhile it came to overseas troops “on their soil”.
Once lukewarm relations betwixt NATO subordinate Turkey and Israel deed caller lows during the Gaza war, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sharply criticising Israel’s attacks connected the enclave and elsewhere successful the region, and Syria — which borders some states — emerging arsenic an arena of intensifying rivalry.
Turkey, which helped transportation Hamas to judge Mr. Trump’s plan, has said it would instrumentality portion successful the planetary task unit to show the ceasefire implementation, and that its equipped forces could service successful a subject oregon civilian capableness arsenic needed.
Hamas has resisted unit to disarm, saying that it is acceptable to manus its weapons to a aboriginal Palestinian state.
Mr. Vance said: “We person a very, precise pugnacious task up of us, which is to disarm Hamas, but rebuild Gaza to marque beingness amended for the radical of Gaza, but besides to guarantee that Hamas is nary longer a menace to our friends successful Israel.”
BODIES BURIED IN GAZA
The ceasefire was followed by the merchandise of remaining surviving hostages seized successful Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attacks connected Israel, and the freeing of immoderate 2,000 Palestinian prisoners by Israel.
But it remains fragile, with flashes of unit and recriminations implicit the gait of returning hostage bodies, bringing successful assistance and opening borders.
Hamas has reasserted power successful Gaza since the ceasefire by deploying equipped men connected the streets and cracking down connected groups that person challenged its grip.
Health authorities successful Gaza said a Palestinian was killed by Israeli occurrence successful Gaza City. The Israeli subject was looking into the report, a spokesperson said.
Gazan authorities buried the bodies of 54 unidentified radical handed implicit by Israel, the Gaza authorities media bureau said. Medics said 30 much bodies arrived astatine Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis aft being released by Israel.
Israeli authorities person said the bodies beryllium to militants who invaded Israel successful the October 7 attacks oregon were killed successful conflict with Israeli forces successful Gaza during the war.
Hamas has released the bodies of 15 retired of 28 deceased hostages seized successful 2023. Mr. Vance connected Tuesday (October 21) said immoderate of the remaining bodies were buried heavy nether rubble, saying it would instrumentality “a small spot of time” to retrieve them and urging patience.
Israeli forces person killed astatine slightest 88 Palestinians, among them civilians, since the ceasefire began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, and 2 Israeli soldiers were killed by Palestinian militants successful confederate Gaza implicit the weekend.
Hamas’ onslaught connected Israel that triggered the warfare killed astir 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies, with 251 dragged into Gaza arsenic hostages. Israeli attacks person killed much than 68,000 Palestinians successful Gaza since the warfare began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
