Pakistan calls Israel-Hamas truce agreement ‘historic,’ lauds Trump and regional leaders for role
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said Israel and Hamas’ agreement on the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s truce plan is a “historic opportunity” to secure lasting peace in the Middle East, praising the leaders of the US and other regional states for their role in the agreement.
Indirect talks in Egypt yielded an agreement on the initial stage of Trump’s 20-point framework to bring peace to the Palestinian enclave, just a day after the second anniversary of Israel’s war on Gaza that has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians.
The accord, if fully implemented, would bring the two sides closer than any previous effort to halt a war that had evolved into a regional conflict, drawing in countries such as Iran, Yemen and Lebanon, deepened Israel’s international isolation and reshaped the Middle East.
Trump announced the initial phase, which includes a ceasefire and hostage deal, thought it was short on detail and left many unresolved questions that could still lead to the collapse of the agreement, as has happened with previous peace efforts.
