"President Trump hailed an apparent reduction in Israeli military strikes on Gaza, as U.S. negotiators travel to Cairo to meet with Egyptian, Qatari and Hamas negotiators in a bid to end the two-year conflict. In a social media post on Saturday, Trump urged Hamas to "move quickly" to take advantage of the latest respite in Israel's combat operations, insisting he would "not tolerate delay" from the group, and warning that, absent a swift agreement, "all bets will be off.""
"Earlier this week, the White House unveiled a 20-point peace plan, to which Hamas subsequently agreed, at least in part. One of the initial measures was a requirement for the group to immediately release all remaining hostages within three days of the plan's implementation. Following Hamas' public acceptance of that provision, Trump said Friday that Israel "must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza" to allow the group to fulfill that obligation to release hostages."
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he hopes Hamas will have returned all remaining hostages by Oct. 13 the end of an upcoming Jewish holiday. A hospital official seemed to confirm Saturday that Israel's bombing of Gaza City had "significantly subsided" after weeks of intensive strikes on the devastated territory's largest urban center. However, the Shifa Hospital director, Mohamed Abu Selmiyah, told the Associated Press that medical teams had nonetheless recorded the deaths of at least five Palestinians, and NPR's Anas Baba noted at least three airstrikes overnight into Saturday."
U.S. negotiators traveled to Cairo to meet Egyptian, Qatari and Hamas representatives amid an apparent reduction in Israeli strikes on Gaza. President Trump urged Hamas to "move quickly," warned he would "not tolerate delay," and cautioned that "all bets will be off" without a swift agreement. The White House unveiled a 20-point peace plan that included immediate release of remaining hostages within three days; Hamas agreed to parts of the plan. Trump called for Israel to "must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza" to enable hostage releases. Israeli leaders ordered the military reduced to "a minimum" while hospital officials reported strikes had "significantly subsided" yet recorded several Palestinian deaths.
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