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Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urges Hamas to accept deal
Associated Press ^ | 07/01/2025 | AAMER MADHANI and SAMY MAGDY

Posted on 07/01/2025 9:22:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel has agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and warned Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen.

Trump announced the development as he prepares to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House on Monday. The U.S. leader has been increasing pressure on the Israeli government and Hamas to broker a ceasefire and hostage agreement and bring about an end to the war in Gaza.

“My Representatives had long and productive meeting with the Israelis today on Gaza. Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we will work with all parties to end the War,” Trump wrote, saying the Qataris and Egyptians would deliver the final proposal.

“I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE,” he said.

Trump’s promise that it was his best and final offer may find a skeptical audience with Hamas. Even before the expiration of the war’s longest ceasefire in March, Trump has repeatedly issued dramatic ultimatums to pressure Hamas to agree to longer pauses in the fighting that would see the release of more hostages and a return of more aid to Gaza’s civilian populace.

Still, Trump views the current moment as a potential turning point in the brutal conflict that has left more than 56,000 dead in the Palestinian territory. The Gaza Health Ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count.

Hamas is still capable of landing fatal blows to Israeli forces. But U.S. officials believe that the group’s been significantly diminished as its centralized command and control capabilities have deteriorated over the course of the nearly 21-month conflict.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Gaza; Hamas; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aamermahdani; ap; associatedpress; ceasefire; gaza; hamas; israel; rop; samymagdy; searchworks

1 posted on 07/01/2025 9:22:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

And tells Hamas ليس من الصحة أن ترفضني.

English:
“It isn’t healthy to refuse me.”
🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥


2 posted on 07/01/2025 9:28:41 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Hamas is not the people that need to agree to this. Iran is. The do all the work for hamas and hezbollah by supplying them with arms, intel, and finances. Same with the houthis. And most of these are in many countries getting aid from Iran under many different names.

wy69


3 posted on 07/01/2025 9:29:37 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: SeekAndFind

a non-permanent cease fire is the key point here

you don’t a permanent cease fire until Hamas no longer runs Gaza


4 posted on 07/01/2025 9:43:57 PM PDT by ChronicMA
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To: SeekAndFind
For some reason I thought Hamas has been destroyed. That should be Israel's goal. Drones, snipers, napalm, whatever it takes.

5 posted on 07/01/2025 10:06:41 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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A complication: Saudi demands the removal of Hamas before they are willing to start talks with Israel!

Saudi Arabia is conditioning the resumption of normalization talks with Israel on ending Hamas's rule in Gaza and involving the Palestinian authority instead, in addition to an end to the war in the Strip, a Saudi source close to the Royal Court tells i24NEWS_EN.

6 posted on 07/01/2025 10:49:27 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hamas: Whatever it is, I’m against it. We beat you once, we can do it again (lol). You’re not the boss of me. Those virgins better be hotties.


7 posted on 07/01/2025 10:55:59 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need ofand thhere we CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: SeekAndFind

“The Gaza Health Ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count.”

It also does not differentiate between fantasy and reality in its death count.

CC


8 posted on 07/01/2025 11:42:36 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Pedisequus parasiticus es popularium!)
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To: Celtic Conservative

It does, however, greatly prefer the fantasy.


9 posted on 07/02/2025 4:25:34 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need ofand thhere we CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: SeekAndFind

You simply cannot have a lasting peace treaty with an entity that does not desire peace. And only a fool believes this is possible in the first place. The Hammies are cowards and savages. They need to be crushed...put down like a rabid dog.


10 posted on 07/02/2025 4:45:32 AM PDT by wny (s)
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To: SeekAndFind

And Hamas will break it at the first opportunity.


11 posted on 07/02/2025 6:27:40 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: SeekAndFind

ENOUGH with these stupid fake ceasefires. DESTROY GAZA and drive them all into the Sinai!


12 posted on 07/02/2025 8:41:40 AM PDT by montag813
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To: ScaniaBoy; SJackson; dennisw

“Saudi Arabia is conditioning the resumption of normalization talks with Israel on ending Hamas’s rule in Gaza and involving the Palestinian authority instead,”

Sounds nice but the PA already applauded the Oct 7 attacks, held a memorial for Sinwar, and 70% of so-called “palestinians” living under the PA who were polled by Arab pollsters approved of the Oct 7 attacks.

How about all hamas still alive in Gaza or in Israeli prisons first get shipped to Qatar, and then we can resume the conversation.


13 posted on 07/03/2025 2:30:22 PM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA All The Way.)
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