Trump says Hamas ready for peace, tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza

US President Donald Trump said Friday helium believed Hamas was acceptable for “lasting peace” and told Israel to halt bombing Gaza, aft the Palestinian militant radical declared it was acceptable to escaped hostages nether his ceasefire plan.

Trump’s connection marked the archetypal clip since his instrumentality to powerfulness successful January that helium has explicitly called connected cardinal US state Israel — which has yet to respond — to halt its bombardment.

“Based connected the Statement conscionable issued by Hamas, I judge they are acceptable for a lasting PEACE. Israel indispensable instantly halt the bombing of Gaza, truthful that we tin get the Hostages retired safely and quickly!” Trump posted connected Truth Social.

“Right now, it’s acold excessively unsafe to bash that. 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.”

Trump besides shared the Hamas connection connected his societal media — successful an astir unheard of determination for a US president — arsenic did the White House.

Trump aboriginal posted a abbreviated video connection successful which helium hailed Hamas’s connection and thanked US allies including Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Jordan for mediating.

“This is simply a precise peculiar day, possibly unprecedented,” Trump said from down the Resolute Desk successful the Oval Office, adding that “I look guardant to having the hostages travel location to their parents.”

– ‘Treated fairly’ –

Trump has repeatedly stressed that getting the hostages seized by Hamas successful its October 7, 2023 onslaught connected Israel is simply a precedence for him. He has besides pushed hard for a woody to extremity a warfare that helium blames connected his predecessor Joe Biden.

Trump said successful the video that “everybody volition beryllium treated fairly” successful the negotiations for a deal.

He did not springiness details but his remark came amid soundlessness from Israel connected Hamas’s statement.

The Axios quality outlet said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been “surprised” by Trump’s response, and that it viewed Hamas’s connection arsenic failing to conscionable cardinal aspects of Trump’s bid plan.

Netanyahu was alongside Trump arsenic helium unveiled the 20-point programme astatine the White House connected Monday, and said astatine the clip Hamas indispensable instrumentality to each the elements of the plan.

Trump had fixed a deadline of precocious Sunday for Hamas to respond to the bid program oregon look “hell.”

Hamas called Trump’s urging of Israel to halt bombing Gaza arsenic “encouraging.”

But a elder Hamas official, Mahmoud Mardawi, told AFP connected Friday that Trump’s program was “vague, ambiguous and lacks clarity.”

The station Trump says Hamas acceptable for peace, tells Israel to halt bombing Gaza appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.