Worlds apart: US, Israel and UAE held secret meeting over plans for post-war Gaza involving international peace keeping force and no Hamas, report claims after terror group and Fatah agreed to rule territory together in China-brokered deal

The US, Israel and nan United Arab Emirates held a concealed gathering to talk post-war plans for Gaza, a study has stated citing officials, pinch proposals thought to see nan removal of Hamas authorities and a peacekeeping unit connected nan ground.

Top American officials, including President Biden's cardinal Middle East advisor Brett McGurk and State Department counsellor Tom Sullivan attended from nan US side, Axios reports citing Israeli sources.

The gathering successful Abu Dhabi connected Thursday stands successful stark opposition to a gathering hosted by China 2 days earlier, which saw Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas motion an statement pinch Hamas officials to group up an 'interim nationalist reconciliation government' successful post-war Gaza.

While nan conclusion of nan US gathering pinch Israeli and UAE officials is unclear, neither Washington nor Tel Aviv would punishment immoderate post-war scheme that includes Hamas, who they spot arsenic a violent organisation.

The 2 very different meetings underline really acold removed, and possibly irreconcilable, nan 2 sides' positions are arsenic it stands, arsenic nan warfare rumbles connected and casualties proceed to equine successful nan embattled Gaza Strip.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has many times vowed that his forces will proceed fighting until Hamas is wholly eradicated, moreover amid world unit to work together a ceasefire.

But nan secretive gathering suggests a increasing knowing wrong nan Israeli authorities that a realistic scheme is needed for really Gaza might beryllium governed aft nan war. 

It comes aft nan UAE signalled past week that it is consenting to nonstop forces to Gaza arsenic portion of a multinational 'stabilisation' ngo aft nan warfare is brought to an end.

Comments made by Lana Nusseibeh, typical envoy to nan UAE overseas ministry, nan time earlier nan gathering propose nan Gulf State is prepared to beryllium nan first federation to deploy boots successful nan crushed pursuing nan Israeli violative if strict conditions are met.

'The UAE could see being portion of nan stabilisation forces alongside Arab and world partners... astatine nan invitation of a reformed PA, aliases a PA led by an empowered premier minister,' Nusseibeh said. 

She added that 'the United States should person nan lead connected this for it to succeed.'

Nusseibeh further said that Abu Dhabi had, 'and continued to have, conversations connected nan "day after" pinch each nan concerned actors successful nan region'. 

The improvement comes nan West, Arab states and China are wrangling to devise a viable post-war scheme for Gaza and coming themselves arsenic starring connected nan brokering of a imaginable deal.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted elder Hamas charismatic Musa Abu Marzuk, Fatah envoy Mahmud al-Aloul and emissaries from 12 different Palestinian groups successful Beijing connected Tuesday.

He said they had agreed to group up an 'interim nationalist reconciliation government' to govern post-war Gaza, which was backed by China.

'Today we motion an statement for nationalist unity and we opportunity that nan way to completing this travel is nationalist unity. 

'We are committed to nationalist unity and we telephone for it,' Abu Marzuk said aft gathering Wang and nan different envoys.

The war, which has been raging for 9 months, was sparked by Hamas's October onslaught on confederate Israel, which resulted successful nan deaths of 1,197 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli figures.

The militants besides seized 251 hostages, 116 of whom are still successful Gaza, including 44 nan Israeli subject says are dead.

Israel's retaliatory subject run in Gaza has killed much than 39,000 people, besides mostly civilians, according to information from nan wellness ministry successful Hamas-run Gaza.

China has sought to play a mediator domiciled successful nan conflict, which has been rendered moreover much analyzable owed to nan aggravated rivalry betwixt Hamas, which rules nan Gaza Strip, and Fatah, which partially governs nan occupied West Bank.

China, Wang said, was keen to 'play a constructive domiciled successful safeguarding bid and stableness successful nan Middle East'.

He besides called for a 'comprehensive, lasting and sustainable ceasefire', arsenic good arsenic efforts to beforehand Palestinian self-governance and afloat nickname of a Palestinian authorities astatine nan UN.

But successful different show of discord betwixt nan warring sides, and a motion that nan woody is improbable to person a important contiguous impact, Israel quickly condemned it.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz slammed Abbas for engaging pinch Hamas, penning connected X: 'Hamas and Fatah signed an statement successful China for associated power of Gaza aft nan war. 

'Instead of rejecting terrorism, Mahmoud Abbas embraces nan murderers and rapists of Hamas, revealing his existent face.

'In reality, this won't hap because Hamas' s norm will beryllium crushed, and Abbas will beryllium watching Gaza from afar. Israel's information will stay solely successful Israel's hands,' he added.

Hamas and Fatah person been bitter rivals since Hamas fighters ejected Fatah from nan Gaza Strip aft deadly clashes that followed Hamas's resounding triumph successful a 2006 election.

Fatah controls nan Palestinian Authority, which has partial administrative power successful nan Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Several reconciliation bids person failed, but calls person grown since nan Hamas October onslaught and nine-month warfare successful Gaza, pinch unit besides soaring successful nan West Bank wherever Fatah is based.

China hosted Fatah and Hamas successful April but a gathering scheduled for June was postponed.

China has historically been sympathetic to nan Palestinian origin and supportive of a two-state solution to nan Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

China has positioned itself arsenic a much neutral character connected nan Israel-Palestinian conflict than its rival nan United States, advocating for a two-state solution while besides maintaining bully ties pinch Israel.