The leaders discussed the return of the remaining hostages and plans for Hamas disarmament. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on the phone after Rubio concluded his visit to Israel on Saturday evening. The pair discussed the Gaza ceasefire and how to demilitarize Hamas. They also addressed the return of the remaining hostages.
Earlier on Saturday, Hamas gave indications that it could return the bodies of two slain hostages. However, the Gaza terror group had made a similar promise on Friday but did not follow through.
**US to Speak with Doha on Input for UN Resolution on Gaza Peace Force**
Rubio said earlier on Saturday that the US is gathering input on a possible UN resolution or international agreement to authorize a multinational force in Gaza. He noted that this issue would be discussed in Qatar on Sunday.
“Many of the countries that have expressed an interest in participating at some level, whether it be monetary or personnel or both, are going to need that (a UN resolution or international agreement) because their domestic laws require it,” Rubio told reporters while traveling on his plane between Israel and Qatar en route to Asia. “So we have a whole team working on that outline of it.”
During Netanyahu and Rubio’s meeting on Thursday, the pair discussed how to advance the US-backed Gaza deal.
“Now we face days of destiny. We want to advance peace, we still have security challenges, but I think that we can work together, and by working together, both address the challenges and seize the opportunities, and plenty of both,” Netanyahu said.
“We have more work ahead of us, but we feel very positive about it. We’ve been making good progress,” Rubio added. “No one is under any illusions. We’ve already done the impossible once. And we intend to keep doing that. And we can.”
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