US President Donald Trump mentioned on Friday that he was holding intensive talks with Center Jap nations on a Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal and that Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas had been conscious of the discussions, which he mentioned would proceed so long as required.
After assembly leaders and officers from a number of Muslim-majority nations this week to debate plans for ending the warfare, Trump wrote on his Reality Social app that he’s “happy to report that we’re having very impressed and productive discussions with the Center Jap Neighborhood regarding Gaza.”
“Intense negotiations have been occurring for 4 days, and can proceed for so long as vital with a purpose to get a Efficiently Accomplished Settlement. The entire International locations throughout the Area are concerned, Hamas could be very a lot conscious of those discussions, and Israel has been knowledgeable in any respect ranges, together with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu,” Trump mentioned, referring to the premier by his nickname.
Trump added: “There’s extra Goodwill and Enthusiasm for getting a Deal performed, after so many a long time, than I’ve ever seen earlier than. Everybody is happy to place this era of Demise and Darkness behind them. It’s an Honor to be part of this Negotiation. We should get the Hostages again, and get a PERMANENT AND LONGLASTING PEACE!”
The social media put up got here hours after Trump informed reporters {that a} deal to finish the warfare and free the hostages was “very shut,” a predication he has repeatedly made since returning to the White Home earlier this 12 months.
“I feel we now have a deal on Gaza — very near a deal on Gaza,” he mentioned earlier than departing the White Home to attend the Ryder Cup golf event in New York. “It’s trying like we now have a deal on Gaza. We’ll let you already know.”
“It’s going to be a deal that may get the hostages again. It’s going to be a deal that ends the warfare. It’s going to be peace,” Trump continued. “I feel we now have a deal.”
Trump indicated Thursday that he must meet with Netanyahu in Washington on Monday earlier than the deal could be finalized.
Seated at important desk, L/R, UAE Overseas Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, US President Donald Trump, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly attend a multilateral assembly to debate the scenario in Gaza, on the sidelines of the United Nations Basic Meeting in New York Metropolis on September 23, 2025. (Photograph by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
At Tuesday’s assembly with Arab and Muslim leaders, Trump offered a US plan for ending the warfare, releasing the hostages and establishing a non-Hamas governing physique in Gaza to manage the Strip.
Whereas the Arab and Muslim leaders welcomed the proposal, Israel and Hamas have but to publicly do the identical.
Netanyahu’s remarks earlier than the UN Basic Meeting on Friday, pledging to proceed the warfare began by the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, assault till all of Israel’s goals have been met, indicated that he’s not but prepared to simply accept the Trump plan, which Israeli tv reported that the premier is dealing with US stress to simply accept.
Channel 13 information quoted Israeli sources who mentioned the administration’s persistence was sporting skinny over the Gaza warfare, with Israel more and more pressed in latest days to again a hostage launch settlement that ends the warfare.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer (R) communicate with US envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff (L), in the course of the premier’s go to to Washington, DC on July 7, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
Based on the Kan public broadcaster, Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner informed Netanyahu on Thursday throughout a gathering in New York that “the president thinks the time has come to attempt for an finish to the warfare.”
“Bibi, the time has come,” the pair reportedly added.
The broadcaster additionally mentioned there are a number of clauses within the US plan for ending the warfare that Netanyahu strongly opposes, which he and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer relayed to Witkoff and Kushner, who had been aiming to safe an settlement earlier than the prime minister’s scheduled assembly with Trump on the White Home on Monday.
“Any proposal should embrace Hamas’s complete collapse. We received’t compromise on that,” unnamed associates of Netanyahu informed Kan, a day after Channel 12 information reported on the premier’s unease with elements of the proposal.
White Home particular envoy Steve Witkoff, proper, and Jared Kushner anticipate the arrival of President Donald Trump at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, N.J., on July 13, 2025. (AP Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin)
Kushner, who was a key participant in Trump’s 2020 Deal of the Century peace plan and the Abraham Accords, was closely concerned in creating the framework together with former British prime minister Tony Blair.
The White Home plan is predicated closely on the one crafted by Blair and revealed by The Occasions of Israel final week. The previous UK premier has been holding marathon conferences with regional leaders to rally help for his initiative, which might set up a transitional governing physique that may administer Gaza till a reformed Palestinian Authority is able to take over.
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