Amid the intensification of the Israeli strikes on Gaza following the stalled ceasefire talks, Jordan has proposed the expulsion of 3,000 military and political operatives of Hamas from Gaza, reports said.
The proposal reportedly considers the further disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza paving the way for the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority to take full control of the embattled enclave.
The renewed talk on ceasefire stalled earlier this month, with both sides levelling up allegations against each other for resisting negotiations that would have led to the implementation of phase two of the ceasefire.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) resumed airstrikes in Gaza on March 18 and have since reoccupied strategic areas in the central part of the strip.
Defence Minister Israel Katz has threatened to annex parts of the Palestinian enclave if Hamas does not release the remaining hostages.
Earlier in February, US President Donald Trump proposed resettling the Palestinian population elsewhere and transforming Gaza into “the Riviera of the Middle East” owned by the United States.
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Arab states rejected Trump’s idea and instead backed Egypt’s counterproposal of the reconstruction of Gaza without displacing its residents.
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its military operation in response to the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
During the first phase of the ceasefire, in January, Hamas released around 25 hostages and handed over the remains of eight others in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons.
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