U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said on the 10th, local time, that the second-phase implementation plan under U.S. President Donald Trump's "Gaza peace initiative" will be released soon.
According to the Times of Israel, Ambassador Waltz met with Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog in Jerusalem and said, "There will be an announcement soon regarding the peace committee led by President Trump."
He added, "A technocratic organization made up of Palestine experts restoring basic services such as drinking water, gas, and sewage in Gaza is the core of the committee," and noted that "an International Stabilization Force (ISF) is also necessary."
In September, President Trump proposed a 20-point peace initiative and presented the so-called "peace committee" as an interim governing body for Gaza.
Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant faction, entered a first-phase cease-fire in October, but they have not yet reached agreement on second-phase measures such as forming the peace committee and deploying the ISF. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Trump on the 29th of this month to discuss the second-phase implementation plan.
That day, Ambassador Waltz said, "I want to be clear that Hamas must disappear," adding, "We must avoid the 'vicious cycle of madness' in which, one way or another, Hamas survives, the international community pours billions of dollars into reconstruction, Hamas attacks again, and Israel has no choice but to respond."
President Herzog again welcomed the passage last month at the U.N. Security Council of Resolution 2803 supporting President Trump's initiative, and pointed out, "If this process takes too long, a vacuum emerges."
He urged, "As Iran and its proxies are trying to regroup, we need to show momentum in implementing the resolution."