Secretary General Of The Arab League Says Trump's Plan On Gaza Will Create A Vain Armistice

Senior Arab officials said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump's plan to take over the Gaza Strip and move its residents permanently would threaten an ongoing ceasefire and trigger regional instability.

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit warned at the World Government Summit in Dubai that if President Trump continues to advance with his plans, it will bring the Middle East into a new crisis cycle with a "destructive impact on peace and stability," quoted from Al Arabiya on February 12.

Last week, President Trump angered the Arab world by saying unexpectedly the United States would take over Gaza, permanently enliven more than 2 million Palestinians and develop it into "Central East Riviera" when it met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

"If the situation explodes again militarily, all this (Arrest) attempt will be in vain," Aboul Gheit said.

Meanwhile, Jasem al-Budaiwi, who heads the Gulf Cooperation Council's political and economic alliance, called on President Trump to remember the strong relationship between the region and Washington.

"But there must be mutual giving and accepting, he said his opinion and the Arab world must express their opinion, what he said will not be accepted by the Arab world," he said.

Aboul Gheit said the Arab Peace Pre-Corruption idea raised in 2002, in which Arab countries offered normalization relations to Israel in exchange for state deals with Palestine and Israel's full withdrawal from territory captured in 1967, would be reintroduced.

The latest conflict in Gaza broke out on October 7, 2023, after a Palestinian militant group led by Hamas attacked the southern Israeli region, leaving 1,200 people dead and 250 others held hostage, according to Israeli calculations.

Separately, medical sources confirmed Tuesday that the death toll of Palestinians in Gaza had reached 48,222. Meanwhile, the injured reached 111,674. The majority were children and women, quoted from WAFA.

Hamas and Israel agreed to a ceasefire and the gradual release of hostages took effect on January 19, after months of mediation by Egypt, Qatar, and the US.

So far, 16 of the 33 hostages have been released as part of the first phase of a ceasefire deal that will last for 42 days. Five Thai hostages were also released in an unscheduled release.

Instead, Israel has released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and prisoners, including prisoners serving life sentences for deadly attacks and others detained during the war and detained without charges.

There are 76 hostages still detained in Gaza, more than 35 of whom are believed to have died, according to Israeli media.

Separately, the Israeli group representing the family of hostages urged PM Netanyahu to stick to the ceasefire agreement.

"We must not back down. We must not allow the hostages to be wasted in detention," said the hostage forum.