‘Dead on Arrival’: Inside the Breakdown of Second Phase of Gaza Ceasefire and Hamas’s Resurgent Control

Category: Israel, Jerusalem & the Temple

Summary:
The second phase of the Trump administration’s Gaza plan, aimed at disarming Hamas and establishing an interim technocratic government with an international stabilization force, has reached a stalemate, according to analyst Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib. While Israel controls 53 percent of Gaza, Hamas has reasserted control over the remaining territory, including aid convoys and Gaza’s main hospitals, which have been repurposed for political interrogations. Regional partners like Saudi Arabia and the UAE oppose Qatar and Turkey's dominant roles, complicating international involvement. Concurrently, Hamas has strengthened its economic and security control over Gaza, including taxing commercial goods and recruiting youth, while several anti-Hamas militias backed by Israel seek to fill power vacuums outside the US-led plan.

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Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer The second phase of the Trump administration’s Gaza plan has collapsed into “stalemate,” according to Gaza-born analyst Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, derailing plans to disarm Hamas and enabling the terrorist group to reassert control over aid convoys and Gaza’s three main hospitals, which he said have turned into interrogation centers for political opponents. “Phase Two is not going to proceed,” Alkhatib, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, said in a call with journalists on Tuesday.  Under the plan, the first stage included Hamas releasing all the remaining hostages, both living and deceased, who were kidnapped by Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists during their Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of and massacre across southern Israel. In exchange, Israeli released thousands of Palestinian prisoners and detainees and partially withdrew its military forces in Gaza.  Currently, the Israeli military controls 53 percent of Gaza’s territory, and Hamas has moved to reestablish control over the other 47 ...

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Source: Algemeiner

Posted on 12-04-2025 00:33