Qatar, Egypt and TΓΌrkiye, key guarantors of the Gaza cease-fire, urged Saturday that Israeli forces withdraw and an international stabilization mission be deployed as the next steps needed to fully implement the fragile agreement.
The measures were spelt out in the U.S.- and U.N.-backed peace plan that has largely halted fighting, though the warring parties have yet to agree on how to move forward from the deal's first phase.
Its initial steps saw Israeli troops pull back behind a so-called "yellow line" within Gaza's borders, while Palestinian resistance group Hamas released the living hostages it still held and handed over the remains of all but one of the deceased.
"Now we are at the critical moment ...
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