1 week ago - Panellists on Israeli Channel 12 discuss the status of the ceasefire with Hamas, on Dec. 18. (Channel 12 Israel) That, in a nutshell, is why the 20-point plan agreed to by Israel and Hamas, brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, backed by Qatar, Turkey and Egypt and endorsed by the UN Security Council, is now effectively on life support.

1 week ago - “We recognize that both Hamas and Israel have committed ceasefire violations,” the Members continued. “Hamas has continued their brutal campaign in Gaza, including by reasserting control of areas of Gaza by killing civilians, and has killed three Israeli soldiers.

3 weeks ago - Left: President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan — which was approved by the U.N. Security Council — lays out an ambitious vision for ending Hamas’ rule of Gaza. File Photo by Jonathan Ernst/ Reuters · Hamas wants more pressure on Israel before ceasefire's next phase

4 days ago - On October 8, Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement to begin the first phase of the deal. Under this phase, all living hostages were to be released in exchange for 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 250 serving life ...

August 27, 2025 - The president’s Middle East envoy signaled that the war would be settled before the end of the year, but seemed to rule out a temporary truce.

2 days ago - According to the report, Trump’s team believes Netanyahu is delaying the Gaza ceasefire framework and could ultimately resume the war against Hamas, even as the Israeli leader seeks to persuade Trump himself to adopt a more hawkish approach.

6 hours ago - All sides agreed in October to Trump’s ceasefire plan, which calls for Israel to withdraw from Gaza and Hamas to give up its weapons and forgo a governing role in the enclave.

July 2, 2025 - CAIRO (AP) — Hamas and Israel ... will be no Hamas” in postwar Gaza. Both sides stopped short of accepting the proposal announced Tuesday by U.S. President Donald Trump....

July 25, 2025 - US President Donald Trump has said Hamas "didn't really want to make a deal" on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release, after the US and Israel withdrew their negotiating teams from Qatar.

2 weeks ago - The continued viability of the U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza hinges on two crucial next steps: the deployment of an international force in Gaza and the disarmament of Hamas. But countries involved in this key phase of the ceasefire are still debating fundamental details about how to proceed — and the U.S. goal of having international forces in Gaza by early 2026 faces challenges. ... A U.S. State Department document this month obtained by NPR lays out the Trump administration's vision for the international troops: to be "supporting the demilitarization of Gaza, dismantling terrorist infrastructure" and "decommissioning weapons used by terrorists."

July 4, 2025 - President Donald Trump has ramped up expectations around a possible 60-day ceasefire in the war in Gaza after he said Thursday that a response from Hamas was expected within the next day.

July 4, 2025 - WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - ... Friday it would probably be known in 24 hours whether the Palestinian militant group Hamas has agreed to accept what he has called a "final proposal" for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza....

July 2, 2025 - Trump said that mediators Egypt and Qatar will deliver the final ceasefire proposal. The terms have not yet been publicly released, though reports say it would involve Hamas releasing 10 living Israeli hostages and 18 deceased ones during the ...

US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, December 11, 2025. (photo credit: AL DRAGO/REUTERS) ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS · DECEMBER 15, 2025 18:15 · Updated: DECEMBER 16, 2025 14:50 · Benjamin Netanyahu| Gaza| Hamas| United States| ...