Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for 60-day ceasefire in Gaza

Published connected 02/07/2025 - 4:45 GMT+2•Updated 7:18

US President Donald Trump announced connected Tuesday that Israel has agreed connected position for a 60-day ceasefire successful Gaza and warned Hamas to judge nan woody earlier conditions worsen.

Trump announced nan improvement arsenic he prepares to big Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks astatine nan White House connected Monday.

The US president has been expanding unit connected nan Israeli authorities and Hamas to agent a ceasefire and hostage statement and bring astir an extremity to nan warfare successful Gaza.

“My representatives had a agelong and productive gathering pinch nan Israelis coming connected Gaza. Israel has agreed to nan basal conditions to finalise nan 60-day ceasefire, during which clip we will activity pinch each parties to extremity nan war,” Trump wrote successful a station connected his societal media platform, Truth Social.

“I hope, for nan bully of nan Middle East, that Hamas takes this deal, because it will not get amended — it will only get worse,” he added.

Trump’s committedness that it was his champion and last connection whitethorn find a sceptical assemblage pinch Hamas. Even earlier nan expiration of nan war’s longest ceasefire successful March, Trump many times issued melodramatic ultimatums to unit Hamas to work together to longer pauses successful nan fighting that would spot nan merchandise of much hostages and a return of much assistance to Gaza’s civilian populace.

Trump views nan existent infinitesimal arsenic a imaginable turning constituent successful nan conflict that has killed much than 56,000 Palestinians successful Israeli attacks connected nan enclave, according to wellness authorities successful Gaza. The warfare began connected 7 October, 2023 aft Hamas militants staged an onslaught connected confederate Israel leaving immoderate 1,200 dead.

Hamas is still tin of landing fatal blows to Israeli forces, but Washington believes that nan group's been importantly diminished arsenic its centralised bid and power capabilities person deteriorated complete nan people of nan astir 21-month agelong Israeli offensive.

Additionally, Hamas’ superior backer, Iran, was severely battered past period aft 12 days of strikes by Israel and nan United States targeting Tehran’s atomic programme, which some countries declare to person “obliterated”.

Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer was successful Washington connected Tuesday for talks pinch elder management officials to talk a imaginable Gaza ceasefire, Iran and different matters. Trump connected Tuesday repeated his dream for forging an Israel-Hamas ceasefire woody adjacent week.

Asked by reporters connected whether much unit is needed to push Netanyahu to get a ceasefire woody done, Trump said nan Israeli premier was fresh to travel to an agreement.

“He wants to,” Trump said, “I deliberation we’ll person a woody adjacent week.”

Talks betwixt Israel and Hamas person many times collapsed complete a awesome sticking constituent — a imperishable extremity to nan warfare arsenic portion of a ceasefire deal. Netanyahu has routinely stated that a ceasefire deal, nary matter really long, will not bring an extremity to nan war.

The Israeli leader stressed nan warfare connected Gaza will only extremity upon nan realisation of Israel’s goals, namely nan demolition of Hamas, expulsion of its activity and its complete disbandment, each which nan group rejects.

About 50 hostages stay successful nan Strip nether Hamas captivity, pinch little than half believed to beryllium alive. Hamas says it is consenting to free each nan hostages successful speech for a afloat withdrawal of Israeli troops and an extremity to nan warfare successful Gaza.