Netanyahu signals openness to Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan: Sources

Netanyahu is scheduled to sit down with Trump at the White House on Monday.

Last Updated: September 28, 2025, 7:25 PM EDT

The Israel Defense Forces is continuing its operation to take control of Gaza City, the largest urban area in the Gaza Strip, despite international outcry over the deteriorated humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory.

Meanwhile, in protest of Israel's continuation of its military operations in Gaza, several nations including France, the U.K. and Canada recognized Palestinian statehood as leaders gathered in New York last week for meetings at the United Nations General Assembly.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the leaders on Friday, again saying Israel will not allow an independent Palestinian state to exist.

Sep 26, 2025, 3:52 PM EDT

Hamas pushes back on Netanyahu’s UN speech, says its full of lies

The Hamas-run Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "delivered a misleading address ... filled with lies and blatant contradictions,” at the United Nations on Friday.

Netanyahu's speech was "a desperate attempt to justify the war crimes and acts of genocide committed by the occupation against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas said.

Delegates walked out of the UN general assembly as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to address world leaders during the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters, Sept. 26, 2025 in New York City.
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"Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations represents a desperate attempt to distort the truth and evade legal responsibility for the crimes committed in the Gaza Strip, as well as for decades of ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, and systematic killing of the Palestinian people -- all of which constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of genocide under international law,” Hamas said.

-ABC News’ Samy Zyara

Sep 26, 2025, 3:49 PM EDT

47 Palestinians killed in last 24 hours, Gaza's Ministry of Health says

Israeli forces killed 47 Palestinians and wounded 142 others in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said on Friday afternoon.

That brings the Palestinian death toll in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, to 65,549, according to the health ministry.

Palestinians survey the aftermath of an Israeli military strike on the Abu Dahrouj family home in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, Sept. 25, 2025.
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Among those killed over the past day were five people trying to collect humanitarian aid, while another 33 were injured, the health ministry said.

-ABC News’ Samy Zyara

Sep 26, 2025, 2:16 PM EDT

Doctors Without Borders suspends 'vital' activities in Gaza City after Israeli forces surround it

Doctors Without Borders announced on Friday that it has suspended all medical activities in Gaza City due to the danger created by the increased Israeli offensive on the city, "including continued airstrikes and advancing tanks less than half a mile from our health care facilities," the humanitarian medical group said.

"The escalating attacks from Israeli forces have created an unacceptable level of risk for our staff, forcing us to suspend lifesaving medical activities," DWB said in a statement Friday.

The aid group continues to provide care in other parts of Gaza -- in Khan Younis, the middle area of Gaza and Deir al-Balah -- but warns that conditions are rapidly deteriorating and called for an end to the offensive.

Palestinians children react, at the site of Israeli strikes on a house, in Gaza City, September 26, 2025.
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"We have been left with no choice but to stop our activities as our clinics are encircled by Israeli forces," said Jacob Granger, MSF emergency coordinator in Gaza. "This is the last thing we wanted, as the needs in Gaza City are enormous, with the most vulnerable people -- infants in neonatal care, those with severe injuries and life-threatening illnesses -- unable to move and in grave danger."

While many have fled the city to southern Gaza, hundreds of thousands remain and have "no other option but to stay," DWB said.

Protesters gather outside the hotel of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York City, September 25, 2025.
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"Those who can leave face an impossible choice: either remain in Gaza City under intense military operations and the deterioration of law and order, or abandon what's left of their houses, their belongings, and their memories to move to areas where humanitarian conditions continue to collapse. There is no safe space in Gaza," DWB said.

Sep 26, 2025, 10:18 AM EDT

Trump on Gaza: 'I think we have a deal'

President Donald Trump, leaving the White House on Friday to attend the Ryder Cup in New York, spoke to reporters and said he believed there may be a deal on Gaza.

"It's looking like we have a deal on Gaza, and we'll let you know," Trump said. "I think it's a deal that will get he hostages back. It's going to be a deal that will end the war. It's going to be a deal -- it's going to be peace. I think we have a deal."

Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on September 26, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Trump didn't elaborate on what the plan would entail. His comments come after recent reports of a Gaza plan that would see former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair head a temporary administration of the Gaza Strip.

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