Gaza, Trump plan: ok from von der Leyen, Arab countries and PNA. IDF: Hamas finances the Flotilla

European Council President Antonio Costa writes on X: "I welcome President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza and I am encouraged by Prime Minister Netanyahu's positive response. All parties must seize this moment to give peace a real chance. The situation in Gaza is intolerable. Hostilities must cease and all hostages must be released immediately. The Israeli and Palestinian peoples deserve to live side by side, in peace and security, free from violence and terrorism'.

Also writing on X is Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: 'We welcome President Donald Trump's commitment to end the war in Gaza. We encourage all parties to seize this opportunity. The EU is ready to make its contribution. Hostilities should end with the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza and the immediate release of all hostages." He continued: 'A two-state solution remains the only viable way forward for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, with the Israeli and Palestinian peoples living side by side in peace and security'.

Meanwhile, the controversy surrounding theGaza-bound Flotilla does not subside. The IDF claims to have found official documents in Gaza and only today revealed that Hamas is involved "directly in the financing of the Sumud flotilla". A list of Pcpa (Conference for Palestinians Abroad) operatives appears, including senior Hamas officials: there is Zaher Birawi, head of the Pcpa's Hamas sector in the UK, known as a flotilla leader for the past 15 years, and Saif Abu Kashk. The latter is the CEO of Cyber Neptune, a company in Spain that owns dozens of ships participating in the flotilla. "These ships are secretly owned by Hamas," writes the Idf in publishing the documents. "The papers shown by Israel prove neither funding nor control by Hamas over the Global Sumud Flotilla. Rather, they repeat a worrying pattern already seen in 2010 with the Mavi Marmara. We are a civil and humanitarian mission, under the eyes of Europe and the world'. Thus the Italian spokesperson for the Global Sumud Flotilla, Maria Elena Delia, on the IDF announcement that it had found documents that would prove Hamas' involvement in the mission. 'We ask that the documents be handed over in full to independent bodies: until this happens, it is propaganda, not proof,' she stresses.

One activist says the Flotilla will be in the danger zone tonight. "We are now about 200 miles off the coast of Gaza. Tonight the Navy ship Alpino will stop and turn back,' says Tony La Piccirella, one of the Italians on board the Global Sumud Flotilla. "We will enter the interception zone and move on," adds the activist, explaining that "there is no set limit for the naval blockade, but it is as big as other states allow Israel to make it." He then assures: 'We will not stop. The peace proposal is just a sham, a proposal of total surrender. A sell-out of Palestinian territory to Israel and the US.