#peace-plan

#peace-plan

On Thursday, shortly after 1 A.M. in Israel, a sleepy screening of documentaries by recent film graduates on Channel 12 was interrupted by breaking news. An anchor announced that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas had just been reached. The broadcast cut to the White House; footage showed President Donald Trump holding a roundtable event with conservative influencers, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed him a slip of paper.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year war and return all the remaining hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Hamas said it was willing to release the hostages and hand over power to other Palestinians, but that other aspects of the plan require further consultations among Palestinians. Senior Hamas officials suggested there were still major disagreements that required further negotiations.

US President Donald Trump said that many Arab nations support his plan to end the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza. He and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Hamas to accept the plan. Follow DW for more. This is Benjamin Netanyahu's fourth visit to the White House since Donald Trump returned to office in JanuaryImage: Alex Brandon/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance

Instead of building a better life for the Palestinians, Hamas diverted resources to build over 400 miles of tunnels and terror infrastructure, rocket production facilities, and hid their military command posts and launch sites in hospitals, schools, and mosques. So if you went after them, you'd be after them, and you wouldn't even realize you ended up knocking out a hospital or school or a mosque. That's a terrible thing. Terrible, terrible way to have to fight. No fight is good, but that's a real bad one.