KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Malaysia hopes for a durable ceasefire in Gaza and for it to pave the way to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said Malaysia fully supports any effort towards ending the violence and suffering endured by the Palestinian people, in particular in the Gaza Strip.
“Alhamdulillah, we are happy that Hamas has agreed to accept the 20 points presented by US President Donald Trump. Although not all the (conditions) are reasonable, they represent the final window for ending the brutal killing of the Palestinian people.
“We are happy when Hamas accepted them. This is the first step. We hope that this ceasefire will be durable and pray that a free Palestinian state can be established,” he said.
He was speaking to the press after accompanying Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to a briefing and walkabout to observe preparations for the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) today.
Mohamad added that he hopes the ceasefire will open a corridor for humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing and the King Hussein Bridge in Jordan.
On Wednesday (October 8), Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of his plan aimed at implementing a ceasefire in Gaza.
On September 29, he announced the 20-point ceasefire plan for Gaza, which includes the release of all Israeli captives in exchange for around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, a permanent ceasefire, and a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
Phase two of the plan envisions the creation of a new governing mechanism in Gaza.
On Monday, the Zionist regime released 88 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences from the Ofer Military Prison located in Ramallah, as part of the implementation of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, according to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (Wafa).
At the same time, some 1,718 hostages in Gaza who have been held since the war began on October 7, 2023, will also be released.
The regime had maintained a blockade on Gaza, home to nearly 2.4 million people, for almost 18 years.
In March, the regime tightened the siege when it closed border crossings and blocked food and medicine deliveries, pushing the Strip into a famine crisis.
