Division 162 forces continue fighting in the north and center of the Strip;
The fighters raid terrorist infrastructures and eliminate many terrorists in the Gaza Strip / IDF spokesperson
First step - the establishment of a full Israeli military government in Gaza, which will manage the transfer of humanitarian aid and take responsibility for the care of the Gazan civilian population "during the transition phase".
In a second phase, which will happen at the same time, there will be the establishment of an international coalition of Arab countries in which Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and other countries will participate.
This coalition will be part of the regional normalization agreement that will be signed later.
It will stand behind the establishment of a new body to be called the "New Palestinian Authority".
Officials who are not associated with Hamas, but are also not directly identified with Abu Mazen's Guard, will receive responsibility from Israel for Gaza - and thus the military government will also be abolished.
Israel will reserve the right to act security-wise in Gaza, in the manner in which it acts in Judea and Samaria, whenever the operational needs to thwart terrorism or terrorist infrastructure organizations arise.
Netanyahu/image processing, Flash 90: Yonatan Zindel
In the next phase, which will happen only after the stabilization of the Gaza Strip and the success of the new body ("the new Palestinian Authority"), a comprehensive reform will be carried out in Judea and Samaria in the functioning of the Palestinian Authority, in the study materials of the Palestinian education system and in the treatment of terrorism.
If this phase also goes well, and within a schedule that will be set in advance (this is two to four years), Israel will agree to recognize a demilitarized Palestinian state in the territories of the Palestinian Authority, and will even discuss the possibility of transferring additional territories that would not require the evacuation of settlements to that state.
This plan was formulated secretly in Israel by a body we call here the "Group of Businessmen".
She was also presented to official American officials.
Among these businessmen are some close to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, one of them a real close friend.
This is Netanyahu's experimental balloon, which corresponds with the American initiative for a comprehensive settlement of the Middle East in the triangle Gaza-Palestinian Authority-Saudi Arabia.
Netanyahu does not conduct these contacts directly (but only through his confidant Ron Dermer), but he does promote the ideas and play with them in a way that he can always deny a direct connection ("It's not me, it's business people").
It should be emphasized that in addition to this program, in Israel they are simultaneously working on several other programs "for the day after".
There is headquarters work at the coordinator of operations in the territories, Colonel Rasan Elian, the IDF is working on its own plan and the Shin Bet is also preparing recommendations for a detailed plan "for the day after".
This is the classic Netanyahu method.
Many messengers are busy with the same mission at the same time, while Netanyahu himself misses all the points and hesitates.
The businessmen's plan is the real plan that the prime minister is thinking about, but he does it from a typical "safe margin".
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Thus, for example, at the beginning of the previous decade, Netanyahu conducted lengthy secret negotiations with Abu Mazen in what was then called the "London Channel", through his confidant at the time, the lawyer Yitzhak Malcho, in front of a personal representative of Abu Mazen named Hussein Agha.
Netanyahu confirmed to former President Barack Obama that this course is being conducted on his behalf and on his behalf, but kept a margin of safety from him.
This route was later merged into the negotiations led by US Secretary of State John Kerry with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, talks that led to a detailed American draft paper for the establishment of a Palestinian state to which Israel answered "yes", while Abu Mazen has not answered to this day.
Is Netanyahu able to "break" wildly to the left and make a historic move that will end the war in Gaza and lead to the future establishment of a Palestinian state, while concluding a historic peace agreement with Saudi Arabia?
Most likely not.
Netanyahu kicked similar buckets many times before they were filled.
With all this, it should be remembered that Netanyahu also knows that his time is limited.
His current legacy is the massacre on October 7, and a horrific disaster like it the country has never experienced before.
Going to an agreement with Saudi Arabia and some kind of progress on the Palestinian front can help him change somewhat the impression he will leave on the pages of history, at a time of injuries.
The decision is in his hands.
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