Partition of Gaza a looming risk as Trump's plan falters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The United States has drafted a UN Security Council resolution that would grant the multinational force and a transitional governing body a two-year mandate.
53% : US Vice-President J.D. Vance and Mr Trump's influential son-in-law Jared Kushner both said last month reconstruction funds could quickly begin to flow to the Israel-controlled area even without moving to the next stage of the plan, with the idea of creating model zones for some Gazans to live in.
49% : The next stage of the plan foresees Israel withdrawing further from the so-called yellow line agreed under Mr Trump's plan, alongside the establishment of a transitional authority to govern Gaza, the deployment of a multinational security force meant to take over from the Israeli military, the disarmament of Hamas and the start of reconstruction.
44% : Six European officials with direct knowledge of the efforts to implement the next phase of the plan told Reuters it was effectively stalled and that reconstruction now appeared likely to be limited to the Israel- controlled area.
42% : One idea under discussion, according to two European officials and a Western diplomat, was whether Hamas could decommission weapons under international supervision rather than turn them over to Israel or another foreign force.
41% : Reuters drone footage shot in November shows cataclysmic destruction in the northeast of Gaza City after Israel's final assault before the ceasefire, following months of prior bombardments.
37% : Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel has no intention of re-occupying or governing Gaza, even though far-right ministers in his cabinet have urged the revival of settlements dismantled in 2005.
36% : Israel's military spokesman Nadav Shoshani said the soldiers were there to prevent militants crossing into the Israel-controlled zone, saying Israel would move further from the line once Hamas met conditions including disarming and once there was an international security force in place.
36% : European and Arab states want the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and its police to return to Gaza alongside the multinational force to take over from Hamas. Thousands of its officers trained in Egypt and Jordan are ready for deployment, but Israel opposes any involvement by the Palestinian Authority.
36% : "Are they also going to divide the families between good people, bad people?" It remains unclear who would finance rebuilding parts of Gaza under Israeli occupation, with Gulf nations loath to step in without involvement of the Palestinian Authority and a path to statehood, resisted by Israel.
35% : Or Israel will have a veto over the entry of some of us," he said.
32% : MANAMA - A de facto partition of Gaza between an area controlled by Israel and another ruled by Hamas is increasingly likely, multiple sources said, with efforts to advance US President Donald Trump's plan to end the war beyond a ceasefire faltering.
32% : Meanwhile, Hamas refuses to disarm, Israel rejects any involvement by the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, and uncertainty persists over the multinational force.
32% : An Israeli government official, responding to written questions for this article, said Israel adhered to the agreement and accused Hamas of stalling.
19% : The six European officials said that absent a major shift in Hamas' or Israel's positions, or US pressure on Israel to accept a role for the Palestinian Authority and path to statehood, they did not see Mr Trump's plan advancing beyond the ceasefire.

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