U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Israel has agreed to terms of a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and warned militant group Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen.
Trump announced the development – Israel has not commented yet – he is ready to host talks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday. U.S. leaders have been increasing pressure on the Israeli government and Hamas to hold a ceasefire and hostage agreement and end the Gaza war.
Trump wrote on social media: “My representative held a long and productive meeting with the Israelis in Gaza today.
“I hope, for the benefit of the Middle East, Hamas has reached this deal because it won't get better – it will only get worse,” he said.
Trump's promise is that it's his best, and the final offer may be closely related to Hamas. Even before the war's longest ceasefire expired in March, Trump repeatedly issued dramatic final atums to force Hamas to agree to a longer pause in the fight, which would allow more hostage releases and more aid to Gaza civilians.
On Monday, Israel strikes killed many people across Gaza as reports of northern residents increased bombing. Israeli officials should come in Washington for officials due to a new ceasefire from the Trump administration.
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer held talks with senior government officials in Washington on Tuesday to discuss a potential Gaza ceasefire, Iran and other matters. Dermer is expected to meet with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkov.
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump repeated his hopes of reaching an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire deal next week.
Asked if it should put pressure on Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire, Trump said the Israeli prime minister was ready to reach a deal.
“He thought,” Trump said in a conversation with reporters during a visit to a new immigration detention facility in Florida. “I think we'll have an agreement next week.”
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas repeatedly staggered at a major key point – whether the war should end as part of any ceasefire agreement. In Gaza, about 50 hostages are still captured, and less than half are still alive.
Team Explodes US-Supported Aid Allocation
The development was called on Tuesday by more than 150 international charities and humanitarian groups to disband the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial Israeli and the United States-backed system that is distributing aid to Gaza as chaos and deadly violent violence seeks food for Palestinians at their locations.
Witnesses and health officials said a joint statement from groups including Oxfam, Save the Children and Amnesty International followed by at least 10 Palestinians seeking desperately for food. Meanwhile, according to Nasser Hospital, Israeli air strikes killed at least 37 people in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
“Tent, tent, they hit two missiles?” asked Um Seif Abu Leda, his son was killed during a strike. The mourner threw flowers on the corpse bag.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the U.S.-backed aid operations in Gaza were “born insecure”, accusing Gaza Humanitarian Foundation of militarized aid and forced displacement.
The announcement comes after Israeli Defense Secretary Katz warned that his country would respond strongly to what the military calls missile launches. The sirens were spread throughout parts of Israel, reminding residents of attacks and launching projectiles from Gaza twice. All of this was intercepted by the Israeli defense system.
The missile launch marks the first attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels since the end of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran. Katz said Yemen may face the same fate as Tehran.
Nasruddin Amer, deputy head of the Houthi Media Office, swears on social media that Yemen will not “stop support for Gaza unless aggressively stops and cancels attacks on Gaza.”
Netanyahu did not elaborate on his plan to visit Washington next week in his speech to the cabinet, but said he would discuss a trade deal. Iran is also expected to be the main topic of discussion in Washington after a ceasefire between Trump and Israel.
