Channel 12 Israel reported this Wednesday evening that Netanyahu stated that the presence of Turkish forces in Gaza is a red line for Tel Aviv. This was mentioned during his meeting with U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance. The channel clarified that Netanyahu requested the U.S. Vice President to prevent the Turks from entering Gaza. The discussion between both parties also touched on the names of several countries that might participate in alternative administration arrangements in Gaza and other issues related to the future governance of the region.
The channel quoted an Israeli political source stating that the images seen in recent days of Turkish flags in the heart of the Gaza Strip “are not of Turks,” but of Palestinians raising the Turkish flag and operating under the auspices of a Turkish organization active in the region.
U.S. media earlier reported on Wednesday that Washington sent J.D. Vance, the U.S. Vice President, to Israel to bolster the Trump administration’s efforts to maintain the agreement, which was brokered and guaranteed by Turkey and Qatar. Vance joins the efforts of Trump’s envoys, Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner, concerning this issue, highlighting that “the aim is to affirm a high-level American commitment to uphold the agreement’s terms.”
American concern has grown with the repeated skirmishes witnessed in recent days since the agreement was signed. Trump had repeatedly warned Hamas and threatened to “eliminate” it and “allow the continuation of war if the movement does not adhere to the agreement’s terms.”
It is noteworthy that the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip came into effect on October 10th after negotiations between Israel in Egyptian Sharm El-Sheikh, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the USA. On the 13th of the same month, Egypt and the United States chaired the peace summit in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh, where both countries, along with Turkey and Qatar, signed the agreement as guarantor states. The agreement includes a ceasefire and the entry of aid into the region, which suffered a war lasting over two years that resulted in approximately 68,000 Palestinian fatalities and about 170,000 injuries.
