President Trump To Discuss Gaza's Armistice Plan With Netanyahu Late This Month

President Trump when receiving PM Netanyahu at the White House. (Twitter/@netanyahu)

JAKARTA - President Donald Trump plans to hold a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the United States later this month.

The meeting, which is scheduled to be held on December 29, is scheduled to discuss the progress of the ceasefire plan in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

This will be Netanyahu's fifth visit to the country since President Trump returned to office in January, and the first since the US-mediated ceasefire took effect last October.

The visit comes days after Netanyahu said he hoped the second phase of the peace plan in the Palestinian enclave would begin soon.

"The Prime Minister will meet with President Trump on Monday, December 29. They will discuss the next steps and phases as well as the international stabilization power of the ceasefire plan," Israeli Government spokesman Shosh Bedrosian told reporters, without disclosing the location and length of the visit. , quoted from The National (10/12).

Meanwhile, Israel's Channel 12 news channel said President Trump and PM Netanyahu were expected to meet twice during an eight-day visit. Netanyahu said he would visit US President at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.

News of the meeting comes as senior Hamas officials say on Tuesday the Gaza ceasefire cannot continue into a second phase as long as Israel's "violations" continue, calling on mediators to pressure Israel into respecting the deal.

"Every discussion about the second phase must be preceded by clear pressure on the occupation by mediators, the United States, and all relevant parties, to ensure the full implementation of all the provisions of the first phase," said Hamas Political Bureau member Hossam Badran.

"The second phase cannot be started as long as the occupation (Israel) continues to violate the agreement and reneges on its commitments," he said.

Badran also rejected the statement by the Israeli Military Commander Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir who called the "yellow line" separating Israel-controlled Gaza parts from other parts as "new boundaries" that would serve as "fuel defense lines for our community".

Although a fragile ceasefire came into effect on October 10, the destruction, daily fire, night strikes, and abuses continued.