Trump asks Israel to stop bombing Gaza, saying Hamas is ready for peace

President Donald Trump told Israel connected Friday to instantly halt bombing Gaza aft Hamas agreed to merchandise hostages and immoderate different presumption successful a U.S. program to extremity the war, but vexing issues similar disarmament appeared unresolved.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bureau said that Israel was preparing for an "immediate implementation" of the archetypal signifier of Trump's Gaza program for the merchandise of Israeli hostages pursuing Hamas' response.

The Palestinian militant radical connected Friday issued its effect to Trump's 20-point program aft the U.S. president gave Hamas until Sunday to judge oregon look sedate consequences.

Trump, who has formed himself arsenic the lone idiosyncratic susceptible of achieving bid successful Gaza, has invested important governmental superior successful efforts to extremity a two-year-old warfare that has killed tens of thousands and near U.S. state Israel progressively isolated connected the satellite stage.

Trump said helium believed Hamas had showed it was "ready for a lasting PEACE" and helium enactment the onus connected Netanyahu's government.

"Israel indispensable instantly halt the bombing of Gaza, truthful that we tin get the Hostages retired safely and quickly!" Trump wrote connected his Truth Social platform.
"We are already successful discussions connected details to beryllium worked out. This is not astir Gaza alone, this is astir agelong sought PEACE successful the Middle East."

Netanyahu's bureau said Israel "will proceed to enactment successful afloat practice with the President and his squad to extremity the warfare successful accordance with the principles acceptable retired by Israel, which align with President Trump's vision."

According to residents, Israeli tanks bombarded Talateeni Street, a large artery successful the bosom of Gaza City, aft Trump's connection to Israel to stop.

Witnesses said Israeli subject planes besides intensified bombing successful Gaza City successful the hr aft Hamas issued its statement, hitting respective houses successful the Remal neighborhood.

There were besides strikes connected Khan Younis but nary reports of casualties, residents said.

Israel, which backs Trump's proposal, has not yet commented connected the Hamas effect oregon connected Trump's request for an extremity to bombing successful Gaza.

But Israel's parliamentary absorption person Yair Lapid urged Netanyahu to determination guardant with the plan. In a station connected X helium said: "Israel should denote it is joining the discussions led by the president to finalize the details of the deal."

Families of those being held by Hamas successful Gaza called connected Netanyahu "to instantly bid negotiations for the instrumentality of each hostages."

Domestically, the premier curate is caught betwixt increasing unit to extremity the warfare — from hostage families and a war-weary nationalist — and demands from hardline members of his far-right conjugation who importune determination indispensable beryllium nary let-up successful Israel's run successful Gaza.

French President Emmanuel Macron, who spearheaded efforts for wider designation of a Palestinian authorities successful a bid to assistance extremity the conflict, said successful a station connected X: "Hamas' committedness indispensable beryllium followed up without delay."

Israel began its violative successful Gaza aft the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led onslaught connected Israel successful which immoderate 1,200 radical were killed and 251 taken arsenic hostages backmost to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies. Israel says 48 hostages remain, 20 of whom are alive.

Israel's subject run has killed much than 66,000 radical successful Gaza, astir of them civilians, according to Gaza wellness authorities. Its battle has destroyed overmuch of the portion portion assistance restrictions person triggered a famine successful parts of Gaza, with conditions dire crossed the enclave.

A U.N. Commission of Inquiry and aggregate quality rights experts person concluded that Israel has committed genocide successful Gaza. Netanyahu's authorities says it has acted successful self-defense.

Hamas, successful a transcript of its effect seen by Reuters, did not accidental if it would hold to disarm and demilitarize Gaza — thing Israel and the U.S. privation but Hamas has rejected before.

It besides did not hold to an Israeli withdrawal successful stages, arsenic opposed to the immediate, afloat withdrawal Hamas demands.

A elder Hamas authoritative told Al Jazeera that the radical would not disarm earlier Israel's concern of the enclave ends, comments that underscored the spread betwixt the parties arsenic the warfare approaches its two-year mark.

Qatar has begun coordination with mediator Egypt and the United States to proceed talks connected Trump's Gaza plan, the Qatari overseas ministry spokesperson said connected X.

Trump's program specifies an contiguous ceasefire, an speech of each hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, a staged Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the disarmament of Hamas and the instauration of a transitional authorities led by an planetary body.

In its effect to Trump's plan, Hamas said it "appreciates the Arab, Islamic, and planetary efforts, arsenic good arsenic the efforts of U.S. President Donald Trump, calling for an extremity to the warfare connected the Gaza Strip, the speech of prisoners, (and) the contiguous introduction of aid," among different terms.

It said it was announcing its "approval of releasing each concern prisoners — some surviving and remains — according to the speech look contained successful President Trump's proposal, with the indispensable tract conditions for implementing the exchange."

But Hamas added: "In this context, the question affirms its readiness to instantly enter, done the mediators, into negotiations to sermon the details."

The radical said it was acceptable "to manus implicit the medication of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian assemblage of independents (technocrats) based connected Palestinian nationalist statement and supported by Arab and Islamic backing."

But Hamas did not marque wide whether it would hold to Trump's connection that it beryllium barred from exercising governmental powerfulness successful Gaza. But the radical said it should beryllium "included and volition contribute" to immoderate Palestinian nationalist treatment connected Gaza's future.

Hamas has antecedently offered to merchandise each hostages and to manus implicit medication of the Gaza Strip to a antithetic body.

Earlier connected Friday, Trump warned that "all HELL" would interruption retired successful Gaza if Hamas failed to hold to his connection for the enclave by Sunday astatine 6 p.m. ET.

Hamas was not progressive successful the negotiations that led to the proposal.