US envoy Witkoff says high-level Miami talks focused on 'unified Gazan authority' as Israel ceasefire advances

Preparations for the 2nd signifier of the Gaza ceasefire program are underway, according to U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff. The announcement comes aft representatives from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey participated successful high-level U.S.-led talks successful Miami.

"In our discussions regarding signifier two, we emphasized enabling a governing assemblage successful Gaza nether a unified Gazan authorization to support civilians and support nationalist order," Witkoff wrote connected X. "We besides discussed determination integration measures, including commercialized facilitation, infrastructure development, and practice connected energy, water, and different shared resources, arsenic indispensable to Gaza’s recovery, determination stability, and semipermanent prosperity."

"We reviewed adjacent steps successful the phased implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Plan for Gaza, underscoring the value of sequencing, coordination, and effectual monitoring successful concern with section Gazan institutions and planetary partners," Witkoff added.

NETANYAHU ADVISOR EXPRESSES 'DEEP FAITH' IN TRUMP'S GAZA CEASEFIRE PLAN FRAMEWORK APPROACH

A drone presumption shows Palestinians walking past the rubble, pursuing Israeli forces' withdrawal from the area, amid a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas successful Gaza, successful Gaza City, Oct. 11, 2025.  (Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo/Reuters)

In summation to looking guardant to the adjacent phase, the radical reflected connected the implementation of the archetypal portion of the ceasefire, which Witkoff said "yielded progress."

During the archetypal phase, humanitarian assistance went into the Gaza Strip, hostilities were reduced and determination was a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces. Additionally, each surviving hostages and astir deceased hostages were released. The past remaining hostage is Ran Gvili, an Israeli constabulary serviceman who was killed during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.

Israeli soldiers ticker the bluish Gaza Strip from confederate Israel, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

1 HOSTAGE REMAINS WITH HAMAS AFTER LATEST BODY IS ID'D

The U.S.-led talks connected the 2nd signifier of the program were proceeded by a akin gathering successful Cairo, which reportedly included Turkey and Egypt's quality chiefs, arsenic good arsenic Qatar's premier minister.

"During the meeting, [they] besides agreed to proceed strengthening coordination and practice with the Civil Military Coordination Center to destruct each obstacles to guarantee the continuity of the ceasefire and to forestall further violations," a Turkish root told Reuters, adding that they besides discussed countering alleged Israeli ceasefire violations.

Palestinians locomotion connected a thoroughfare among rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, amid a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas, astatine Jabalia exile camp, bluish Gaza Strip, Feb. 17, 2025 (REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

The 2nd signifier of the woody involves the deployment of an planetary stabilization unit and the improvement of an planetary assemblage to govern Gaza. It besides includes the disarmament of Hamas. Additionally, Israel volition determination further from the alleged "yellow line" up of the planetary unit taking over, according to The Times of Israel.