U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned on Friday (July 4, 2025) it might most likely be identified in 24 hours whether or not the Palestinian militant group Hamas has agreed to just accept what he has referred to as a “final proposal” for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza.
The President additionally mentioned he had spoken to Saudi Arabia about increasing the Abraham Accords, the deal on normalisation of ties that his administration negotiated between Israel and a few Gulf nations throughout his first time period.
Mr. Trump mentioned on Tuesday Israel had accepted the circumstances wanted to finalise a 60-day ceasefire with Hamas, throughout which the events will work to finish the conflict.
He was requested on Friday if Hamas had agreed to the newest ceasefire deal framework, and mentioned: “We’ll see what happens, we are going to know over the next 24 hours.”
A supply near Hamas mentioned on Thursday the Islamist group sought ensures that the brand new U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal would result in the tip of Israel’s conflict in Gaza.
Two Israeli officers mentioned these particulars had been nonetheless being labored out. Dozens of Palestinians had been killed on Thursday in Israeli strikes, based on Gaza authorities.
The newest bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian battle was triggered in October 2023 when Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 and taking about 250 hostages, Israeli tallies present.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel’s subsequent army assault has killed over 56,000 Palestinians. It has additionally induced a starvation disaster, internally displaced Gaza’s complete inhabitants and prompted accusations of genocide on the International Court of Justice and of conflict crimes on the International Criminal Court. Israel denies the accusations.
A earlier two month ceasefire ended when Israeli strikes killed greater than 400 Palestinians on March 18. Mr. Trump earlier this yr proposed a U.S. takeover of Gaza, which was condemned globally by rights consultants, the U.N. and Palestinians as a proposal of “ethnic cleansing.”
ABRAHAM ACCORDS
Mr. Trump made the feedback on the Abraham Accords when requested about U.S. media reporting late on Thursday that he had met Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman on the White House.
“It’s one of the things we talked about,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “I think a lot of people are going to be joining the Abraham accords,” he added, citing the expected growth to the injury confronted by Iran from latest U.S. and Israeli strikes.
Axios reported that after the assembly with Mr. Trump, the Saudi official spoke on the telephone with Abdolrahim Mousavi, chief of Iran’s General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Mr. Trump’s assembly with the Saudi official got here forward of a go to to Washington subsequent week by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
