US President Donald Trump has revealed Israel has agreed to the “necessary conditions” to finalise a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza. He also stated in his post on Truth Social that during the proposed ceasefire, the US would “work with all parties to end the War”.
“The Qataris and Egyptians, who have worked very hard to help bring Peace, will deliver this final proposal. I hope… that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE,” Trump wrote on Truth social.
Israel has, however, not confirmed it has agreed to the conditions of a deal, and there was no immediate comment from Hamas as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to meet with Donald Trump next week.
The US president said on Tuesday that he believed Netanyahu wanted to end hostilities in Gaza.
“He wants to. I can tell you he wants to. I think we’ll have a deal next week,” Trump said.
Early this week, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon told the BBC Israel was “absolutely” ready for a ceasefire.
Speaking on the BBC News channel, Danon said that Hamas was “playing hardball”.
“We are putting pressure on Hamas, and if they will not come to the table, the only option we will have to bring back the hostages, is to apply more military pressure,” Danon said.
“The war will end when the hostages (in Gaza) are back home,” he added.
Last week, a senior Hamas official told the BBC mediators have increased efforts to broker a new ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza, but that negotiations with Israel remain stalled while Israel has said the conflict can only end when Hamas has been completely dismantled. Hamas has long called for a permanent truce and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
In March, a previous ceasefire deal collapsed when Israel launched fresh pre-emptive strikes on Gaza. The previous ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas which started on 19 January – was set up to have three stages, but did not make it past the first stage.
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