A Palestinian-American political analyst and media commentator has highlighted the progress and challenges facing the vulnerable ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, including two-way accusations and threats of a U.S. takeover. Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Saturday handed over three Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip as part of the sixth batch of the first phase of their ceasefire agreement. The freed Israeli hostages are Alexandre Sasha Troufanov, a 29-year-old Israeli-Russian citizen; Sagui Dekel-Chen, a 36-year-old Israeli-American citizen; and Iair Horn, a 46-year-old Israeli-Argentine citizen. They were kidnapped during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct 7, 2023. In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Khalil Jahshan, Executive Director of Arab Center Washington D.C., a nonprofit think tank focusing on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, said this was the sixth such exchange following days of tense negotiations that threatened to undo the precarious ceasefire. He stressed that the ceasefire agreement remains precarious. "It is true that Hamas has released the three Israeli hostages as planned and as agreed to in the ceasefire agreement. They are of mixed background, actually. They hold, in addition to Israeli citizenship, U.S., Russian, and Argentine citizenship. This is the sixth such release thus far in this fragile ceasefire since it went into effect several weeks ago. But the agreement remains vulnerable for all kinds of reasons. Certainly, Hamas has accused the Israelis of continuing incursions and violation of the agreement. Humanitarian supplies are not getting in heavy equipment, as your reporters just indicated, are not getting in, and the Israelis counter with accusations that Hamas is not honoring the details of the agreement. And the U.S. statements with regards to the future of Gaza have not helped," he said. U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested his country "take over" the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents. Jahshan stressed that this plan doesn't make sense. "Initially, the president of the United States said that during the visit of Mr. Netanyahu to Washington, he said that the U.S. thinks that the best thing to do for Gaza is to essentially buy it and rebuild it. But in the process he wanted to basically ethnically cleanse the two million people, the two million-plus inhabitants of Gaza, send them to different countries, neighboring countries and distant countries as far as he mentioned Indonesia and Albania and others without the right to return. Then he toned down once he realized that the term buying doesn't make sense. After all, who owns Gaza and who do you buy it from?" said the analyst. He added that Trump's remarks have already stirred widespread criticism from the people of Gaza, who view Gaza as their home and have no intention of leaving. "Basically, he decided that according to his understanding of American law, that he would like to apply that and simply just take over the Gaza Strip. That doesn't basically play well in Gaza. The people of Gaza are inside Gaza. They are not returning, as the president said, he said they shouldn't return there. They are returning to their own homes, they are returning to their properties. But they are inside the borders of Gaza," he said. SHOTLIST: Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - Feb 15, 2025 1. Various of people, flag of Palestine; Washington D.C., USA - Recent 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Khalil Jahshan, Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC (partially overlaid with shots 3-6/ending with shot 7): "It is true that Hamas has released the three Israeli hostages as planned and as agreed to in the ceasefire agreement. They are of mixed background, actually. They hold, in addition to Israeli citizenship, U.S., Russian, and Argentine citizenship. This is the sixth such release thus far in this fragile ceasefire since it went into effect several weeks ago. But the agreement remains vulnerable for all kinds of reasons. Certainly, Hamas has accused the Israelis of continuing incursions and violation of the agreement. Humanitarian supplies are not getting in heavy equipment, as your reporters just indicated, are not getting in, and the Israelis counter with accusations that Hamas is not honoring the details of the agreement. And the U.S. statements with regards to the future of Gaza have not helped."; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - Feb 15, 2025 3. Various of Red Cross vehicles moving; 4. Various of Hamas representative, official from International Committee of Red Cross signing documents for hostage release; 5. Various of Israeli hostages speaking; walking towards vehicles; 6. Various of vehicles driving away; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] Gaza City, Gaza Strip - Feb 5, 2025 7. Various of pedestrians; stores, stalls along roads; FILE: Israel - Nov 1, 2022 8. Various of Israeli Parliament Knesset, national flag of Israel; FILE: Washington D.C., USA - October 2024 9. Various of White House, U.S. national flag; Washington D.C., USA - Jan 20, 2025 10. Various of White House, traffic; Washington D.C., USA - Recent 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Khalil Jahshan, Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC (starting with shots 10-11): "Initially, the president of the United States said that during the visit of Mr. Netanyahu to Washington, he said that the U.S. thinks that the best thing to do for Gaza is to essentially buy it and rebuild it. But in the process he wanted to basically ethnically cleanse the two million people, the two million-plus inhabitants of Gaza, send them to different countries, neighboring countries and distant countries as far as he mentioned Indonesia and Albania and others without the right to return. Then he toned down once he realized that the term buying doesn't make sense. After all, who owns Gaza and who do you buy it from?"; Gaza Strip - Recent 12. Aerial shots of displaced Palestinians heading back home, shoreline; Washington D.C., USA - Recent 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Khalil Jahshan, Executive Director of Arab Center Washington DC: "Basically, he decided that according to his understanding of American law, that he would like to apply that and simply just take over the Gaza Strip. That doesn't basically play well in Gaza. The people of Gaza are inside Gaza. They are not returning, as the president said, he said they shouldn't return there. They are returning to their own homes, they are returning to their properties. But they are inside the borders of Gaza."; Netzarim Corridor, Gaza Strip - Feb 9, 2025 14. Displaced Palestinians walking amid destroyed buildings; 15. Destroyed buildings; 16. Displaced Palestinians walking among rubbles; Gaza Strip - Feb 7, 2025 17. Three-wheeled motorcycle running, ruined buildings; 18. Destroyed buildings; 19. Car carrying belongings driving, displaced Palestinians walking amid ruined buildings; Jabalia, Gaza Strip - Jan 19, 2025 20. Various of crowds of Palestinians on way back home, destroyed buildings. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]