Gaza - Brussels: Europe and the Arabs - Agencies
In an interview with the Qatari Al Jazeera channel, Khalil al-Hayya, head of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Gaza, said that Hamas is prepared to hand over the entire administration of the Gaza Strip to an administrative committee, stressing that it has no reservations about any "national figure" residing in Gaza assuming this task.
He added that Hamas accepts the presence of UN forces operating as a separation force, monitoring the borders, and monitoring the ceasefire. He also noted that the Israeli authorities are still obstructing the entry of some materials into the Gaza Strip. Al-Hayya emphasized that the movement's weapons are linked to the existence of the Israeli occupation, as he put it, and that with its demise, the weapons will be handed over to the (anticipated Palestinian) state. According to what was published by the European news network Euronews in Brussels on Sunday morning, it added under the title "Ben Gvir: We respect Trump, but Israel is not under Washington's tutelage," and said, "National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir affirmed his high esteem for President Trump, emphasizing that Israel acts on its own initiative and is not subject to Washington. He said that his primary goal in the war was to weaken and dismantle Hamas's power in the Gaza Strip, expressing his rejection of the agreement for not prioritizing it over achieving "security goals."
This came after tens of thousands took to the streets of Israel on Saturday evening to demand the return of the 13 deceased hostages. Their bodies are still in the Gaza Strip. Protests were also held against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in several locations, including Jerusalem and Haifa, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
The largest demonstration was in Tel Aviv. According to the Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons, which organized the march, tens of thousands participated. Anat Angrist, the mother of one of the recently released hostages, said, "We will not rest until everyone is returned, even the last hostage."
Among those Of the 48 hostages who were still in the Gaza Strip when Hamas and Israel agreed on the first stage of US President Donald Trump's peace plan, 20 live hostages and 15 bodies have already been returned to Israel. Thirteen bodies are still awaiting delivery. According to Haaretz, demonstrators are demanding the formation of a commission of inquiry into the massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023, an idea rejected by the Israeli government. Critics accuse Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government of failing to take responsibility for the political and military mistakes made during the attack.
On the ground, medical sources in Gaza reported that six Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army gunfire in various areas of the Strip since dawn on Saturday, coinciding with the continuation of settler attacks on several areas in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli army carries out airstrike on Islamic Jihad in Gaza
According to local media in the Belgian capital, Brussels, the Israeli army launched an airstrike on Islamic Jihad in the central Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire in effect. The army said in a press release: "The Israeli army has just carried out a precision strike in an area Al-Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, targeted a terrorist from the Islamic Jihad terrorist movement who was planning to carry out a terrorist attack on Israeli army forces soon.
Al-Awda Hospital reported that the strike hit a civilian car, wounding four people. The hospital added: "The hospital received four wounded after the Israeli occupation forces targeted a civilian car in the Al-Ahly Club area of ​​the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp." The Israeli army stated that it is continuing its operations in Gaza to eliminate any direct threat to its forces.
WHO: Access to food and medicine to Gaza has not improved
While the World Health Organization confirmed that there has been no improvement in the quantities of food and medicine arriving in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel came into effect, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), supported by Israel and the United States, announced its intention to resume aid distribution in Gaza as soon as possible. The organization had previously been ordered to suspend its activities during the ongoing hostage release operation. Belgian media in Brussels, including the daily newspaper Nieuwsblad, reported on its website that the foundation has been repeatedly criticized by the United Nations and international NGOs for Its funding is uncertain and there have been deadly incidents at distribution points. However, the organization maintains that its trucks are loaded with food and medical supplies and are ready to resume operations.

According to the agreement establishing the current ceasefire, 600 trucks were supposed to enter Gaza daily, but barely half of that number is currently arriving. The US-based organization has been criticized for its partial marginalization of the UN aid system.