Protests supporting Gaza take place in Europe

Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday.

ByDavid Brennan, Meredith Deliso, and Nadine El-Bawab

Last Updated: October 5, 2025, 1:46 PM EDT

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.

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Oct 05, 2025, 12:43 PM EDT
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Oct 04, 2025, 12:25 PM EDT
Trump tells Hamas 'move quickly, or else all bets will be off'

Here's how the news is developing.

Oct 04, 2025, 6:05 AM EDT

66 killed in Gaza over 24 hours, health ministry says

Israeli forces killed 66 Palestinians and wounded 265 others in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said Saturday afternoon.

Palestinians inspect the damage in a residential neighborhood in Gaza City on Oct. 4, 2025.
Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters

That brings the Palestinian death toll in Gaza since the ongoing war began to 67,074, according to the health ministry.

Among those killed over the past day were six people trying to collect humanitarian aid, while another 40 were injured, the health ministry said.

Additionally, two children starved to death in the war-torn Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry.

That brings the total number of starvation deaths in Gaza since the ongoing war began to 459, which includes 154 children, the health ministry said.

-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz, Samy Zyara and Morgan Winsor

Oct 04, 2025, 5:22 AM EDT

WHO director-general welcomes Gaza peace proposal

World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday expressed backing for the Gaza peace plan proposed by President Donald Trump, saying in a post to X, "The best medicine is peace."

"WHO welcomes the peace plan for Gaza proposed by the president of the United States and supported by other countries for an immediate end to the war, the release of all hostages, the resumption of humanitarian aid, reconstruction, including of hospitals, and peaceful and prosperous coexistence for Palestinians and Israelis," Ghebreyesus said.

A displaced Palestinian sits next to a tent in the central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 4, 2025.
Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters

Oct 04, 2025, 4:46 AM EDT

Gaza City strikes ease but continue as IDF warns residents not to return

Israeli bombardment and shelling continued in Gaza City on Saturday morning, though at a lower intensity than before Hamas expressed its willingness to release all hostages as part of President Donald Trump's proposed ceasefire plan.

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 4, 2025.
Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces' Arabic language spokesperson Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee issued a warning to Gaza residents, saying the area north of Wadi Gaza -- the centrally-located river valley that divides the northern and southern ends of the strip -- "is still considered a dangerous combat zone."

"IDF forces continue to surround Gaza City, and attempts to return there pose a significant risk," Avichay wrote in a post on X. "For your safety, avoid returning north or approaching IDF operations areas anywhere in the strip -- even in the south.

-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz, Samy Zyara and Morgan Winsor

Oct 04, 2025, 4:21 AM EDT

Ceasefire negotiations to take place in Egypt, sources say

Two Israeli sources familiar with the matter told ABC News that indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas will take place in Egypt in the coming days.