Hamas responded Friday to President Donald Trump's proposal for peace in Gaza, as the president gave a deadline of 6 p.m. ET Sunday to sign on to the plan he unveiled earlier this week.
Hamas said it will release all remaining hostages if Israel withdraws from Gaza and "proper field conditions are met." More negotiations will need to take place to finalize the deal, which Trump unveiled Monday while hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
Any agreement could mean an end to the Israel Defense Forces' operation to take control of Gaza City, the largest urban area in the Gaza Strip.
Multiple Western nations recognized Palestinian statehood in recent weeks while also demanding that Hamas not be part of any future government.
Netanyahu said that Israel will not allow an independent Palestinian state to exist.
White House releases Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza
Before President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference following their bilateral meeting, the White House released Trump's "Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict."
Some of the 20 points included in the plan state that Gaza "will be a deradicalized terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors" and that Gaza will be "redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough."
The plan also states that if both sides agree to this proposal, "the war will immediately end."
President Donald Trump waits to greet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington.
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Within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting this agreement, "all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned," the plan states."
Sep 29, 2025, 2:12 PM EDT
Netanyahu apologizes for Doha strike, White House says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for this month's deadly strike in Doha in a call with the Qatari prime minister during his meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday, according to the White House.
"As a first step, Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed his deep regret that Israel’s missile strike against Hamas targets in Qatar unintentionally killed a Qatari serviceman," the White House said in a statement. "He further expressed regret that, in targeting Hamas leadership during hostage negotiations, Israel violated Qatari sovereignty and affirmed that Israel will not conduct such an attack again in the future."
President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, September 29, 2025.
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According to a statement from his office, Netanyahu told the Qatari prime minister, "I want you to know that Israel regrets that one of your citizens was killed in our strike. I want to assure you that Israel was targeting Hamas, not Qataris."
Netanyahu added his assurance that Israel "has no plan to violate your sovereignty again in the future, and I have made that commitment to the president," according to this office.
The three leaders also "discussed a proposal for ending the war in Gaza," the White House statement said.
ABC News has also confirmed the content of this call with two other officials, including a source close to Netanyahu.
Five members of Hamas and a member of Qatar's Internal Security Force were killed earlier this month in an Israeli strike on Doha targeting senior Hamas leadership in the country for ceasefire talks, according to statements from officials on each side.
Hamas' senior leaders survived the strike, Hamas said.
Sep 29, 2025, 11:50 AM EDT
Trump says he's 'very confident' there'll be peace in Gaza
President Donald Trump told reporters he was "very confident" there would soon be peace in Gaza while welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday.
"I am. Very confident," he said when asked if he was confident there will be peace in Gaza anytime soon.
Asked if everyone was on board with his 21-point ceasefire proposal, Trump repeated, "Very confident."
The exchange happened as Netanyahu was standing next to Trump.
President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the West Wing of the White House, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington.
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Sep 29, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
Far-right Israeli minister sets 'red lines' for Netanyahu on Gaza
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday issued six demands to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the latter's Gaza ceasefire talks with President Donald Trump at the White House.
This file photo shows Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem, on Jan. 8, 2023.
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Smotrich heads the Religious Zionism party, which holds seven seats in parliament and is in coalition with Netanyahu’s government. Though he wished the prime minister "much success" in a Monday post to X, Smotrich also said that his party "will not compromise" on key demands.
The finance minister said that "Israel's security is not achieved through political agreements that are not worth the paper they are written on or through commitments and guarantees that hold no water."
Smotrich demanded that Netanyahu ensure "a true and complete withdrawal of Hamas from Gaza and a full and genuine disarmament of all terror infrastructures above and below ground."
The Israel Defense Forces, he said, should "forever" remain deployed at the perimeters ringing Gaza plus in the Philadelphi Corridor that runs along the strip’s southern border with Egypt, while retaining full operational freedom across the territory.
Smotrich demanded there be no agreement on Palestinian Authority or Qatari involvement in Gazan governance, nor anything that supports the concept of a future independent Palestinian state.
The minister said that Gazans who want to leave the strip should be allowed to do so through Egypt to "continue their lives in other places that agree to accept them."
Smotrich also urged Netanyahu to "utilize the historic opportunity" to "politically and practically" cement Israeli control over the occupied Palestinian West Bank.
