Now, after signing a ceasefire agreement brokered by Trump on Wednesday, Hamas has placed even more faith in the word of the White House leader, who already this year proposed expelling the Palestinians from Gaza and rebuilding it as a resort tourism controlled by the United States.
Within the scope of this agreement, which came into force this Friday, October 10th, Hamas agreed to hand over hostages in its possession without the total withdrawal of Israel from the enclave having been agreed. A risky bet based on Trump’s deep involvement in the process, but made at a time when the Palestinian Islamist movement understands that the retention of hostages undermines global support for the cause of Palestine.
The group’s leaders are aware that this plan could backfire and that Israel may resume its military campaign. once the hostages are released, as happened after a ceasefire in January in which Trump and his team were involved.
However, despite some of its demands still to be resolved, including the beginning of a journey that leads to the creation of a Palestinian State, the Hamas felt sufficiently reassured by the presence of some of Trump’s closest people in indirect talks with Israel at a conference center in resort Egyptian from Sharm el-Sheikh, on the Red Sea.