Mr. Trump issued the attraction to the important thing U.S. ally after Palestinian militant group Hamas stated it was able to launch all hostages and begin talks on the main points of his plan to en.d. the almost two-year struggle.
“The movement announces its approval for the release of all hostages — living and remains — according to the exchange formula included in President Trump’s proposal,” Hamas stated in a Friday assertion.
Mr. Trump later posted on Truth Social: “Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly!”
A senior Hamas official stated Saturday (October 4, 2025) the group was “ready to begin negotiations immediately to finalise all issues”.
Another Hamas official stated Egypt, a mediator within the truce talks, would host a convention for Palestinian factions to determine on Gaza’s post-war future.
Mr. Trump’s proposal requires a halt to hostilities, the discharge of hostages inside 72 hours, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Hamas’s disarmament.
It additionally stipulates that Hamas and different factions “not have any role in the governance of Gaza”, with administration of the territory as a substitute taken up by a technocratic physique overseen by a post-war transitional authority headed by Mr. Trump himself.
“President Trump’s demand to stop the war immediately is essential to prevent serious and irreversible harm to the hostages,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum stated in an announcement.
“We call on Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu to immediately begin efficient and swift negotiations to bring all our hostages home.”
Heavy bombardment
But regardless of Mr. Trump’s attraction, Gaza’s civil defence company stated Israel carried out dozens of assaults on Gaza City in a single day, with close by hospitals reporting casualties.
“It was a very violent night, during which the (Israeli army) carried out dozens of air strikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City and other areas in the Strip, despite President Trump’s call to halt the bombing,” spokesman Mahmud Bassal instructed AFP.
Mr. Bassal, whose company is a rescue power which operates below Hamas authority, stated 20 houses had been destroyed in a single day.
The Israeli army stated it was working in Gaza City and urged residents to not return.
“The IDF (Israeli military) troops are still operating in Gaza City, and returning to it is extremely dangerous. For your safety, avoid returning north or approaching areas of IDF troop activity anywhere — including in the southern Gaza Strip,” the army’s Arabic-language spokesman, Colonel Avichay Adraee, stated on X.
Israeli media reported that the army had shifted to a defensive posture in Gaza following Trump’s name, although the army didn’t affirm this to AFP.
Gaza City’s Baptist Hospital stated it acquired casualties from a strike on a house within the metropolis’s Tuffah neighbourhood, together with 4 useless and several other wounded.
Further south, Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis stated two kids had been killed and eight individuals wounded in a drone strike on a tent in a camp for displaced Gazans.
Jamila al-Sayyid, 24, a resident of Gaza City’s Al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, stated “the bombing was intense throughout the night. I was happy when Trump announced a ceasefire, but the warplanes did not stop.”
Hopeful reactions
An AFP journalist in coastal space of Al-Mawasi reported listening to celebratory cries of “Allahu akbar!” (God is the best) rise from tents housing Palestinians as information of Hamas’s assertion unfold.
“This is a day of joy, a great day. The war has been raging for two years,” stated Sami Adas, 50, who lives in a tent in Gaza City together with his household.
“The best thing is that President Trump himself announced a ceasefire, and Netanyahu will not be able to escape this time… he is the only one who can force Israel to comply and stop the war.”
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The newest developments drew hopeful reactions from world leaders and organisations, with UN rights chief Volker Turk saying it was was a “vital opportunity” to cease bloodshed and distress within the Palestinian territory “once and for all”.
The struggle was triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023 assault on Israel, which resulted within the deaths of 1,219 individuals, largely civilians, in keeping with an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed no less than 67,074 Palestinians, in keeping with well being ministry figures within the Hamas-run territory that the United Nations considers dependable.
Their knowledge doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants however signifies that greater than half of the useless are ladies and kids.
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