"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."
"It began two years ago, when Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel, killing nearly twelve hundred people and taking two hundred and fifty hostage. Israel then commenced a military campaign in the Gaza Strip. During that time, more than sixty-seven thousand Palestinians have been killed, and more than a hundred and sixty-nine thousand have been injured; a United Nations commission recently described Israel's actions as genocide."
The Gaza war began two years ago after a Hamas attack that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and took 250 hostages. Israel launched a sustained military campaign in Gaza that has resulted in over 67,000 Palestinian deaths and more than 169,000 injured, with a United Nations commission describing Israel's actions as genocide. President Donald Trump has maintained strong support for Israel but has grown impatient with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reluctance to end the conflict. Trump pressured Netanyahu to accept a deal exchanging roughly twenty remaining Israeli hostages for about two thousand Palestinian prisoners, seeking Hamas disarmament in exchange for amnesty and proposing an international board to oversee Gaza temporarily.
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