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

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





Al Jazeera



By Alastair McCready, Umut Uras and Urooba Jamal
Published On 4 Oct 2025

• Hamas has submitted its response to US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, with the group agreeing to hand over administration of the enclave to Palestinian technocrats and free all Israeli captives.
• The Palestinian group’s response did not address the crucial issue of its disarmament, but it said it was willing to “immediately enter” peace negotiations through mediators.
• In a video address following Hamas’s statement, President Trump said the development was “unprecedented”, before cautioning that it’s important to get the “final word down in concrete”.
• Trump also said he believes Hamas is ready for a “lasting peace”, as he called on Israel to “immediately stop bombing Gaza” in a post on his Truth Social platform.
• Israel has continued its deadly bombardment of Gaza, killing at least 72 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to medical sources.
• Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 66,288 people and wounded 169,165.

Settlers attack Palestinians in West Bank, Israeli army launches Nablus arrest campaign


Israeli settlers have set fire to a Palestinian-owned vehicle and smashed the windows of a home the occupied West Bank village of Susya, near Masafer Yatta south of Hebron.

Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army has also stormed the city of Nablus and arrested several Palestinians.



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How did Hamas respond to Trump’s Gaza deal? What did Trump say in response?



By Abubakr Al-Shamahi


Hamas has submitted its response to Trump’s Gaza deal, agreeing to free all Israeli captives but asking to negotiate other aspects of the 20-point plan.

Trump – who had given the Palestinian group a deadline of Sunday to respond positively to the deal – has reacted by demanding Israel immediately stop bombing Gaza.

Is this finally the end of a war that has dragged on for almost two years, killing more than 66,000 Palestinians? Or are there more pitfalls ahead?

Let’s take a closer look here.

Palestinians displaced from northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation rest after evacuating southwards, following Israeli forces’ orders to leave Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip, on October 3, 2025 [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]



PIJ says it agrees with Hamas’s position on Trump’s plan


The Palestinian Islamic Jihad says Hamas’s statement also expresses the position of other Palestinian groups.

The PIJ “participated responsibly in the consultations that led to this decision”, a brief statement on Telegram said.

Hamas said on Friday it was ready to release captives held in Gaza under a deal proposed by Trump, but wanted negotiations on the details and a say in the future of the Palestinian territory.



Qatar welcomes Hamas’s agreement to Trump’s plan


Qatar, which has been central to negotiations on Gaza, has welcomed Hamas’s announcement “of its agreement to President Trump’s plan, and its readiness to release all hostages as part of the exchange framework outlined in the plan”.

“We also affirm our support for the statements made by the President calling for an immediate ceasefire to facilitate the safe and swift release of hostages, and to achieve rapid results that would put an end to the bloodshed of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said on X.