President Trump said on Tuesday that Israel agreed to the two -month ceasefire proposal in his war with Hamas.
“Israel has agreed to the conditions required to finalize the 60 -day ceasefire, during that time we will work with all the sides to end the war,” Mr. Trump wrote. True social“I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this deal, because it would not be better – it will only be worse.”
Mr. Trump did not give any details on the proposed deal, and it is not clear whether Hamas will accept it or not. Neither Israel nor Hamas have publicly commented on the terms of a possible agreement.
The President said that Qatar and Egypt – who have first helped in arbitration talks with Hamas – “Will distribute this final proposal.”
Mr. Trump is all set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington next Monday. The President told reporters on Tuesday that he hoped to discuss both Gaza and Iran, who had a separate ceasefire deal with Israel last week, including American attacks on the Iranian nuclear sites following a 12-day campaign between the two countries.
Earlier on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said that a ceasefire may begin “some time” next week.
For a ceasefire, the pre -shock has stopped. In late May, Mr. Trump’s Middle East Envoy Steve Witcoff Proposed A 60-day ceasefire, which Hamas will need to release 10 living hostages taken from Israel on October 7, 2023, as well as the remains of another 18 dead hostages. In turn, Israel would have released 125 “life sentence” prisoners, 1,111 Palestinian prisoners and 180 deceased Palestinians.
Israel supported the proposal, but Hamas said he responded with “notes and amendments”. Witcoff called Hamas’s response “completely unacceptable”.
The war began when Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Southern Israel in October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and took 250 hostages back to Gaza Strip. Israel replied with an acute air and land aggressive in Palestinian region, according to more than 56,000 people, according to, according to Hamas-Run Gaza Ministry,
The two sides have agreed for two former ceasefire and hostage release deals since the introduction of 21 months of struggle, the most recently from January to March.
Since then, Netanyahu Where is “No way” he would agree to end the war until Hamas is defeated, although he left the door open to cut the deals to leave the hostages.
Israel Said on Tuesday This “expanded its operations in additional areas within the Gaza Strip, eliminating dozens of terrorists.” Hamas’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday that some 116 people were killed in the entire area during a 24 -hour period.
Separately, in recent weeks, America has Financially supported A controversial new group to distribute food in the Gaza Strip, but has faced effort Constant reports of deadly firing By Israeli forces near food distribution sites. The group, known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, has defended its efforts.
