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Let us unite to make the channeling of support for this fund a noble goal and a moral imperative,
el-Sissi said
President Trump stands by his vision to rebuild Gaza free from Hamas, ... We look forward to further talks to bring peace and prosperity to the region."
Hughes said, ... adding:Disarming Hamas is a complex issue that will not be easily resolved, and no one at the Arab summit directly addressed this matter,
Abu Saada said
The Egyptian plan gives hope that there might be a future for Gaza and for those living there. However, I am not sure that its implementation will be smooth. I do not know if all parties will agree and abide by it, or if the ceasefire will hold at all. We are lost, and any form of rescue would be welcome."
Another resident of Gaza City, Kamal Kmail textedIt is clear that Hamas recognizes it cannot challenge the Arab regional system,
Abu Saada saidThere are no answers to these questions: First, who is going to govern Gaza? And who is going to pay for rebuilding it?"
Smadar Perry, Middle East editor at the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, told DWI hope that in five years, we will have a house and that the houses in Gaza will be restored to the way they were,
the 33-year-old told DW over the phoneWe welcome the summit's call for rebuilding the Palestinian national institutions to represent the aspirations of our people for freedom and independence by holding legislative and presidential elections as soon as possible,
a statement from Hamas readOur only condition is for this to be an internal Palestinian matter – we will not allow any regional or international party to get involved,
he told Al Arabiya
We welcome the adoption of a plan for the reconstruction of Gaza at the Extraordinary Arab League Summit held in Cairo,
read a written statement by the Foreign Ministry on March 5.
We remain committed to support initiatives aimed at achieving a permanent ceasefire, commencing the reconstruction of Gaza, and ensuring that the Palestinian people can live in peace on their own land,
it said
Palestinians in Gaza have suffered beyond measures, and the risk of even greater devastation looms,
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Tuesday
We want this suffering to end,
Usen Abdul Jawad told NBC News' crew on the ground in Khan Younis in southern GazaI absolutely think that this plan, tactically speaking, may be the last attempt to stabilize what remains of the Palestinian people on their land, what remains of the Palestinians territories, what remains of the Palestinian Authority, such that we could even keep talk of the two-state solution alive."
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, to Newsweek
The problem of multiple Palestinian factions carrying arms remains,
the document statedThe committee assigned by the Arab-Islamic summit has been tasked with ongoing efforts to present the Arab plan in international capitals, and we are awaiting international reactions to it,
he addedWe will participate in a ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday, and we hope the reconstruction plan will be approved,
he saidThe current proposal does not address the reality that Gaza is currently uninhabitable and residents cannot humanely live in a territory covered in debris and unexploded ordnance,
National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement Tuesday night
That might be the play here, ... to say, 'This plan right here gives us enough cover to say this is how we're going to reconstruct Gaza, this is how we're going to end the war and this is how we're going to get more hostages brought back until we make it to phase three,' which might actually end up being where the war resolves."
Alkhatib said,[Netanyahu and his government] want to have the sole security purview over Gaza, so they're already highly suspicious of the Egyptians, the Arabs, of anything other than the Israelis,
Alkhatib said