Gaza, hostages possibly free Sunday night. Meloni flies to Sharm and there is the hypothesis of Italian deminers. Hamas absent at the signing

Dodici leader e nessun rappresentante dell’Ue. In Egitto, in occasione della firma ufficiale del piano di pace per Gaza, l’Europa come istituzione rischia di essere il grande assente. Fonti Ue hanno fatto sapere che, in realtà, l’Alto Rappresentante Kaja Kallas è stato invitato al Cairo ma l’ex premier estone ha una concomitante - e importante - missione che le impedirà di volare in Medio Oriente. Parallelamente, Bruxelles non vuole essere tagliata fuori dal futuro della Striscia. E, al momento, punta tutto sul binario che finora l’ha vista protagonista, quello degli aiuti. “L’Ue continuerà a sostenere la fornitura rapida, sicura e senza ostacoli di aiuti umanitari, lavorando in stretta collaborazione con le agenzie delle Nazioni Unite e le Ong internazionali, e in conformità con il diritto internazionale”, ha sottolineato Kallas in una dichiarazione pubblicata in rappresentanza dell’Ue, ovvero anche dei 27 Paesi membri. Le erogazioni di Bruxelles per la Striscia, come anche per la Cisg

So far, the problem has always been the arrival of aid at its destination. Everything could change in a matter of hours. Above all, the EU will be able to return to working with the United Nations on the aid front, and no longer with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up by Israel, with which relations - if at all - have been less than fruitful. For the West, the problem of coordinating support for Gaza will predictably arise, not only on arrival but also on departure. In this sense, Brussels can act as a driving force. By the end of September, for example, the EU had delivered 77 aid flights to the Strip.

La prima fase dell’accordo su Gaza procede senza intoppi ed anzi potrebbe esserci un’accelerazione. Dopo l’entrata in vigore del cessate il fuoco e il parziale ritiro dell’Idf, gli israeliani hanno iniziato a spostare i detenuti palestinesi con lunghe condanne da scambiare con i 48 ostaggi, che dovrebbero essere rilasciati da Hamas tra domenica notte e lunedì mattina. In tempo per l’arrivo in Israele di Donald Trump e per la firma ufficiale dell’intesa, in Egitto. Nel frattempo sono arrivati in Israele i 200 militari Usa che dovranno monitorare la tregua, anche se non verranno schierati nella Striscia, ha chiarito il capo di Centcom. E per gli sfollati che rientrano tra le rovine dell’enclave, 500mila finora, l’Onu ha ricevuto l’autorizzazione a riprendere l’invio di aiuti e i primi camion sono entrati. Uno stop è arrivato invece da Hamas sulla seconda fase del piano. La fazione afferma che un suo disarmo “è fuori discussione”. Le autorità israeliane, a tregua in vigore, hanno radu

Hamas non parteciperà alla cerimonia per la firma dell’accordo di pace a Gaza prevista lunedì in Egitto. Lo ha detto Hossam Badran, membro dell’ufficio politico di Hamas, in un’intervista all’Afp. La proposta che i membri dell’organizzazione lascino la Striscia di Gaza nell’ambito del piano di pace è “assurda”, ha detto, sottolineando che “la seconda fase del piano Trump, come è chiaro dai punti stessi, contiene molte complessità e difficoltà”. Qualora il piano dovesse fallire e la guerra a Gaza dovesse riprendere, ha aggiunto Badran nell’intervista, Hamas “respingerà l’aggressione” di Israele. “Speriamo di non tornare” alla guerra, ma “il nostro popolo palestinese e la forza di resistenza affronteranno senza dubbio e useranno tutte le loro capacità per respingere questa aggressione se questa battaglia verrà imposta”, ha proseguito nel corso dell’intervista.

The senior official, therefore, concluded that Hamas will not participate in the formal signing of the Gaza peace agreement in Egypt next week, an event that Trump will also attend: 'the issue of the official signing... we will not be involved,' Badran said, adding that Hamas 'acted mainly through Qatari and Egyptian mediators' during the ceasefire talks in Egypt.

The official invitation arrived yesterday evening at Palazzo Chigi and Giorgia Meloni immediately decided to accept it. The Prime Minister will be in Sharm el Sheikh on Monday to take part in the ceremony for the signing of the agreements on Gaza. The summit will be chaired jointly by Egyptian President Al Sisi and US President Donald Trump. Other guests include the main European countries: France, Spain (with Macron and Sanchez having already announced their presence), Germany, the United Kingdom, Greece and the European Union. Arab and Islamic countries are also well represented, starting with the mediators who defined the agreement between Israel and Hamas (that is, in addition to Egypt, Qatar and Turkey).

For Prime Minister Meloni, it will be an opportunity to start discussions with her international partners on the implementation of the first phase of the agreement and on the commitment that Italy will have to sustain in the context of peace-keeping operations. The government and the majority continue to claim the role played in the process that led to the truce, but in Italy the controversy with the opposition has not died down. The last to reignite it was the Prime Minister herself in the rally held yesterday in Florence to close the election campaign for the regional elections in Tuscany: "The left has not been able to vote on the motion" on the Trump plan in Parliament, while "Hamas has also said yes. So the Italian left is more fundamentalist than Hamas. They are more extremist than the extremists, prisoners of an ideological radicalism," said Meloni.

The parish priest of Gaza on his social channels posts a picture of smiling children and comments: 'After the first night without the sounds of bombing. Thank God!

US President Donald Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will be the first speaker at the event scheduled to take place in Hostages Square tonight, along with Jared Kushner. This was announced by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum. The two, who led the negotiations that secured the first phase of the agreement, will first meet with the families of the hostages. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend tonight's event in Tel Aviv.

Hamas ha richiamato circa 7.000 membri delle sue forze di sicurezza per riaffermare il controllo sulle aree di Gaza recentemente abbandonate dalle truppe israeliane, nominando cinque nuovi governatori, tutti con esperienza militare, alcuni dei quali in precedenza comandavano brigate del suo braccio armato per supervisionare le operazioni. Lo hanno riferito fonti locali alla Bbc. Secondo quanto riportato da Gaza, unità armate di Hamas si sono già schierate in diversi distretti, alcune indossando abiti civili e altre con le uniformi blu della polizia di Gaza. La mobilitazione di Hamas - aggiunge l’emittente - era stata ampiamente anticipata nel contesto della crescente incertezza su chi governerà Gaza una volta terminata la guerra, una questione chiave che potrebbe complicare l’avvio della seconda fase del piano Trump, che prevede il disarmo di Hamas. Un funzionario di Hamas all’estero ha rifiutato di commentare direttamente le notizie sul dispiegamento di forze di sicurezza, ma ha dichiarato che “no

Removing landmines and war devices in Gaza thanks to the support of the Italian Army's military genius. This is one of the hypotheses in the field regarding the presence of Italian soldiers in the post-war area of the Strip. This is according to informed sources, according to which everything is linked to the outcome of the talks in the coming days and possible UN resolutions.

Trucks with aid have started to enter the Gaza Strip, the Israeli agency that coordinates the government's activities in the territories (Cogat) announced at the beginning of the second day of the truce after the signing of an initial agreement to end the war in Gaza. It was not specified how many trucks would be the first. The agreement provides for the arrival in the Strip of 600 trucks of aid per day, mainly food, medicine and other medical equipment, tents and blankets, fuel and gas for field kitchens. The distribution of this aid will be carried out, according to the agreement, by the United Nations and other donors. According to Cogat, essential materials for the repair of critical infrastructure will also be allowed into the Strip.

C’è un’atmosfera di forte attesa e di sospensione, complice anche lo shabbat a Gerusalemme, dove tutti attendono la liberazione degli ostaggi e la visita del presidente degli Stati Uniti, Donald Trump. Concluso lo shabbat si consentirà la ripresa del traffico e poi, nell’imminenza dell’arrivo del presidente americano la strada di collegamento tra Tel Aviv e Gerusalemme verrà chiusa. Nella città santa sono tantissime le famiglie degli ostaggi accampate sia davanti alla Knesset dove Trump parlerà, sia davanti alla residenza dello stesso primo ministro israeliano Benjamin Netanyahu. Ieri sera la polizia di Gerusalemme ha comunicato ai parenti in lutto che hanno scelto di stare nelle tende da due anni che per ragioni di sicurezza le tende dovranno essere smantellate. L’attesa è palpabile anche nella Città vecchia, il cuore di Gerusalemme dove anche la popolazione araba, di cui molti sono titolari di ristoranti e negozi e varie attività legate al turismo religioso, aspettavano la fine della guerr

Israeli settlers chased olive pickers and Palestinian activists out of olive groves in Wadi Hajj Issa, near the West Bank town of Aqraba, this morning, Haaretz writes. The footage shows a group of settlers, some of them armed with batons, threatening the pickers as they chase them. "Yalla, come here! Do you want me to hit you in the head?" one of the settlers said to an activist. The footage shows the pickers retreating from the area under threat from the settlers, who damaged their equipment and tried to prevent them from retrieving some of it.

The head of Centcom, Admiral Brad Cooper, who visited the Israeli base in the Strip today with the US special envoy for the Middle East, explained on X that the aim was to discuss the creation of a Centcom-led 'civil-military coordination centre' that would 'support the stabilisation of the conflict'. The admiral confirmed 'there will be no American boots on the ground in Gaza' to carry out the peace plan.

US Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and Centcom Commander, Admiral Brad Cooper, visited an Israeli army outpost in the Gaza Strip today, Fox News reported. The two American officials were accompanied by the IDF Chief of Staff, General Eyal Zamir. Fox reported that the purpose of the visit was to confirm that the withdrawal agreed as part of the agreement with Hamas had been completed. Confirming the visit, Cooper said: 'I just returned from a visit inside Gaza to brief on how we are progressing in establishing a Civil-Military Coordination Centre (Cmcc) led by Centcom, which will synchronise activities in support of post-conflict stabilisation.

"When people arrive, they will find rubble. They will find that their homes and neighbourhoods have been reduced to dust," Unicef spokeswoman Tess Ingram told The Associated Press on Friday. With the ceasefire appearing to hold, Unicef and partner agencies are urging Israel to reopen more crossings and allow aid to flow more freely into Gaza.""A ceasefire alone is not enough," Ingram said, speaking from central Gaza. "Yes, hopefully it will stop the killing and injuring of children, but it is also necessary to ensure a surge of humanitarian aid that begins to address the enormous damage caused over the past two years," she added.

Selfies and smiles this morning from the parish of the Holy Family in Gaza. Posting the serene photo on social media is the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli, who writes: "After the first night without the noise of the bombardments. Thank God!

In some quarters 'there is a difficulty in admitting the importance not only of the peace process, but also of the importance of the Italian government's balanced approach. Now the Italian government is receiving recognition of this approach and there is talk of the ambition to deploy our Carabinieri as messengers of peace and law and order keepers in the reconstitution of civil society in the Gaza Strip', said Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi at the Foglio party.

Israel is preparing to receive the 20 hostages in Gaza who are believed to be alive, "before noon local time on Monday", the BBC correspondents write. "One of the hospitals intended to receive them staged a dress rehearsal with actors pretending to be hostages, and simulated a number of different scenarios", Nbc News reports. Upon their arrival at the hospital, the first step will be to reunite them with their families, according to the sources. There are 26 other hostages believed to be dead, while the condition of two others is uncertain.

A distanza di due anni, uno dei sopravvissuti al 7 ottobre Roi Shalev si è tolto la vita ed è stato trovato morto ieri sera in un’auto che ha preso fuoco vicino alla spiaggia di Poleg a Netanya. Shalev era rimasto ferito al Nova Festival, dove era stata uccisa la sua compagna Mepal Adam. Prima del ritrovamento del suo corpo, Shalev aveva pubblicato sui social media un post in cui scriveva di “non farcela più” e chiedeva perdono, suscitando grande preoccupazione tra amici e familiari. Lascia un padre, un fratello e una sorella, mentre la madre si è suicidata in passato, a distanza di alcuni giorni dal 7 ottobre. Telecamere a circuito chiuso lo hanno ripreso mentre riempiva una tanica di carburante in una stazione di servizio. La sua auto è stata trovata in fiamme e i vigili del fuoco hanno successivamente trovato il suo corpo all’interno del veicolo. La famiglia Shalev annuncia la sua morte in un comunicato, chiedendo “di astenersi da contatti” e che i dettagli del funerale “saranno forniti

The Hamas-run civil defence in the Strip estimates that '300,000 Palestinians' have returned to Gaza City since the beginning of the truce, but complains that there are not enough tents or houses to accommodate the displaced. In the last few hours, it is claimed, 150 bodies have been recovered from the rubble across the Strip, but a further 9,500 people considered 'missing' are missing.

Il ritorno dei palestinesi a casa, dopo il cessate il fuoco, è carico di sconforto e desolazione. Molti sono arrivati a Gaza City per valutare i danni e decidere se le loro famiglie potranno tornare ma si trovano ad affrontare una realtà dura e straziante. «Non è rimasto più nulla», è il racconto ad Al Jazeera. I palestinesi hanno detto di non aver trovato nulla dei loro quartieri e delle zone che un tempo chiamavano casa, non riescono nemmeno a riconoscerle. Molte famiglie hanno anche affermato di non potersi permettere l’elevato prezzo del ritorno al nord, perché due anni di guerra israeliana hanno privato le famiglie di ogni possibile fonte di reddito. Stessa desolazione a Khan Yunis. Secondo il sindaco della città, l’80% del governatorato di Khan Yunis è distrutto. Circa 400mila tonnellate di macerie ricoprono le strade della città, ha aggiunto Alaa al-Din al-Batta. Un totale di 136 tra parchi, giardini, piazze pubbliche e rotatorie sono stati rasi al suolo e distrutti, ha aggiunto. «Abbia

The foreign ministry, the defence ministry and Turkish intelligence services are discussing the details of a possible deployment of Turkish troops to Gaza, after which the proposal will be submitted to parliament for consideration, said Abdullah Guler, leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (Akp) parliamentary group in Turkey. "The details are being finalised by our foreign ministry, the national defence ministry and the National Intelligence Organisation (NIM). The issues of both the mutual ceasefire and the subsequent measures to be taken in Gaza and the region have not yet been brought to our attention," Guler told state broadcaster Trt Haber. After finalising the details, the president's decision to send Turkish troops to Gaza could be submitted to parliament for consideration, he added.

Abdullah Guler, leader del gruppo parlamentare Akp in Turchia

Hamas is grateful to US President Donald Trump for his efforts to resolve the conflict in the Gaza Strip, said Basem Naim, a member of the Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist movement's political bureau.

"Without President Trump's personal intervention, I don't think the war would have ended. So yes, we thank President Trump for his personal efforts in intervening and pressuring Israel to put an end to this massacre," Naim said in an interview with Sky News. At the same time, the Hamas representative said he was unhappy with plans involving former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in overseeing the region's post-war future. "As for Tony Blair, unfortunately we, Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims, and perhaps others around the world, have a bad memory of him... We still remember his role in the killings that led to the deaths of thousands and millions of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq," Naim added.

According to a CNN source, the release of the Israeli hostages could take place during the night between Sunday and Monday and is likely to take place from different locations. The timing of the release is not yet defined and could still change, but this timing would ensure that the hostages are freed before the arrival in Israel of US President Donald Trump, scheduled for Monday. The 72-hour deadline for the release of the hostages is Monday at noon local time. Of the 48 remaining hostages, 20 are believed to still be alive.

La cerimonia di lunedì per la firma dell’accordo di pace tra Israele e Hamas sarà co-presieduta dal presidente egiziano Abdel Fattah al Sisi e da quello americano Donald Trump. Risultano ufficialmente invitati i leader di Germania, Francia, Regno Unito, Italia, Spagna, Qatar, Emirati arabi, Giordania, Turchia, Arabia Saudita, Pakistan, Indonesia, Giappone, Azerbaijan, Armenia, l’Ungheria, l’India, El Salvador, Cipro, Grecia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Canada e - dettaglio non banale - l’Iran che ha fatto sapere non parteciperà. Neanche Israele parteciperà. Il vertice, previsto a Sharm el Sheikh, è stato ieri al centro di un colloquio telefonico preparatorio tra il ministro degli Esteri del Cairo, Badr Abdel Aty, e l’omologo Usa Marco Rubio.

For 'The Donald' a real tour de force is looming: Monday morning local time he is expected in Israel, where he will address the Knesset and meet the families of the hostages. On Monday afternoon he will fly to Sharm el-Sheikh for the signing ceremony. The UN will be represented by Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The EU will be represented by the President of the European Council Antonio Costa.

The UN has received the go-ahead from Israel to begin sending massive aid into Gaza starting Sunday, a UN official tells the Associated Press. The aid includes 170,000 tonnes that have already been placed in neighbouring countries such as Jordan and Egypt. In the past 24 hours, UN officials and Israeli authorities have begun discussions about how much aid organisations can bring in and through which entry points. Humanitarian organisations such as Unicef say they are ready to send aid: 'We hope that all the crossings will be opened.

Monday's ceremony for the signing of the peace agreement between Israel and Hamas will be co-chaired by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and US President Donald Trump, according to Cairo media reports, which state that the leaders of Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Qatar, the Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia have been officially invited. Italy will be represented by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The summit, scheduled to take place in Sharm el Sheikh, was the focus of a preparatory telephone conversation yesterday between Cairo Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty and US counterpart Marco Rubio.

The IDF has begun transferring Palestinian security prisoners who will be released as part of Trump's peace deal, Israeli public TV Kan says. The prisoners will be released from different prisons: those released in Gaza or deported through the Rafah crossing have been transferred to Ketziot Prison, while those to be released in the West Bank, an estimated 100, will be transferred to Ofer Prison.

US President Donald Trump said that Hamas is currently rounding up hostages to be freed, adding that 'they are in some pretty difficult places'. As for the peace plan, following the approval of the first phase, he said that 'for the most part there is consensus' between the parties on how the next phases will work, but acknowledged that 'some details still need to be worked out'. The BBC writes.

"I had a long phone call with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. A discussion on the ceasefire in Gaza. We are working together for a rapid implementation of President Trump's Peace Plan, which also provides for a prompt return home of the hostages. I congratulated the effectiveness of the American action, a great political and diplomatic success". So on X the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani. "Italy will continue in its humanitarian commitment to assist the Palestinian population and will work to ensure the security of Israel. The Italian government will be fully committed alongside the United States and other European and regional partners to help create the right conditions for stability. We are ready to participate with our military in a peace and security mission, with our companies to rebuild Gaza starting with schools and hospitals", Tajani added.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the nighttime attacks by Israel, in which "civilian facilities were hit, with the death toll at one. Once again, southern Lebanon has been the target of a hateful Israeli aggression against civilian facilities, without justification or pretext," said Aoun. "The seriousness is that it comes after the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. According to the national news agency, Israeli warplanes "carried out ten raids against bulldozer depots and excavators.

Overnight, "US troops began arriving in Israel as part of a force that will help oversee the ceasefire in Gaza," writes ABC News, citing two officials. The 200-strong team will arrive over the weekend from the US and other bases in the Middle East. Admiral Brad Cooper, head of the US military's central command, arrived in Israel yesterday.

The US and Qatar have signed an agreement for Doha to build a facility that will house F-15 fighter planes and pilots at an air base in Idaho, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced. This announcement comes shortly after President Trump signed an executive order promising to defend the Gulf state from attacks following the Israeli air raids against the Hamas leader in Doha.

"The Idf struck and dismantled Hezbollah's terrorist infrastructure in the area of southern Lebanon, where machinery used to rebuild terrorist infrastructure was present in the area where it was located," the Israeli military announced on Telegram. "The Hezbollah terrorist organisation continues its efforts to rebuild terrorist infrastructure throughout Lebanon, cynically exploiting the Lebanese population as human shields," the Idf added. "The presence of the machinery and Hezbollah's activity in the area constitutes a violation of the agreements between Israel and Lebanon. The Idf will continue to work to remove any threat to the State of Israel."

Donald Trump confirms that the hostages in Gaza will be released on Monday as part of the peace deal reached. The official ceremony for the agreement will be in Cairo and Trump and "many leaders from around the world" will be there, the US president said, saying he was confident the ceasefire would hold and that Gaza would be rebuilt.

The Gaza Civil Defence has reported that around 200,000 people have returned to the north of the Palestinian territory since the ceasefire came into force, according to Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the organisation, which provides first aid and operates under the authority of the Islamist movement Hamas. Images show an unbroken line of people heading towards the north of the territory, where the Israeli army has warned that several areas remain 'extremely dangerous' for the civilian population.