#israel-hamas

#israel-hamas

US President Donald Trump aboard the presidential aircraft Air Force One has flown over Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, where tens of thousands have been celebrating the release of a first group of seven hostages, before landing at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Trump was met by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog on arrival. Trump is to meet with families of hostages and address the Israeli parliament before travelling on to Egypt for a peace summit he will chair

Just over an hour later, Trump published a Truth Social post announcing that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly! he wrote.

We have a great team over there, great negotiators, and they're, unfortunately, great negotiators on the other side also. But it's something I think that will happen, got a good chance of happening. I may go there sometime toward the end of the week, maybe on Sunday, actually, and we'll see, said Trump. But there's a very good chance, negotiations are going along very well. We're dealing with Hamas, and many of the countries.

But Trump has also grown tired of Netanyahu's unwillingness to stop a war that Trump himself wants credit for bringing to a close. Last week, in Washington, Trump pressured Netanyahu into accepting a deal that would trade the approximately twenty remaining Israeli hostages for some two thousand Palestinians currently held in Israeli jails, and call for Hamas fighters to disarm in exchange for amnesty.