Hamas Agrees to Release Israeli Hostages Under Trump’s Gaza Plan

Israel and Hamas implemented the archetypal signifier of a hostage merchandise and ceasefire woody connected 19 January 2025. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

Hamas said Friday it has agreed to merchandise each Israeli hostages, some surviving and dead, nether U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid connection for Gaza. The radical said it is acceptable to participate mediated negotiations but stressed that different parts of the program inactive necessitate discussion.

The announcement came conscionable hours aft Trump gave Hamas until Sunday evening, Washington time, to judge the program oregon look what helium called “all hell.”

Hostage merchandise astatine the core

In its statement, Hamas said it agreed “to merchandise each Israeli prisoners, some surviving and dead, according to the speech look contained successful President Trump’s proposal” if tract conditions for the exchanges were met.

🚨 BREAKING: Hamas ACCEPTS President Trump’s program for each hostages to beryllium released aft helium threatened them with “all hellhole breaking” escaped by 6PM.

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The plan, announced astatine the White House connected September 29, calls for a ceasefire, the disarmament of Hamas, and the instauration of a impermanent governing authorization successful Gaza. It besides stipulates that wrong 72 hours of Israel’s acceptance, 20 surviving hostages and the remains of others held by Hamas would beryllium returned successful speech for hundreds of Palestinian detainees.

There are believed to beryllium 48 hostages are inactive held successful Gaza. Israeli officials accidental lone astir 20 are thought to beryllium alive.

Governance and the aboriginal of Gaza

Hamas said it besides “renews its statement to manus implicit the medication of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian assemblage of independents (technocrats), based connected Palestinian nationalist statement and Arab and Islamic support.”

Hamas responds to Trump's bid connection (!)

The radical appears to hold successful rule to immoderate cardinal matters but says it is consenting to negociate others. Broadly selective response. Says it's consenting to sermon galore of the 20 points, but doesn't authorities it agrees to them pic.twitter.com/NOaPeISLXx

— Gram Slattery (@G_Slattery) October 3, 2025

But the radical added that issues regarding Gaza’s semipermanent aboriginal and Palestinian rights are inactive being discussed “within a nationalist framework.”

Israel and U.S. reactions

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled enactment for Trump’s proposal, but with conditions. He aboriginal repeated his absorption to a Palestinian state, saying successful a video statement: “It’s not written successful the agreement. We said we would powerfully reason a Palestinian state.”

At the White House, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the consequences for Hamas if it rejects the woody would beryllium “very grave.” She added that the radical has “an accidental to judge this program and determination guardant successful a peaceful and prosperous mode successful the region. If they don’t, the consequences, unfortunately, are going to beryllium precise tragic.”

International response

European and Middle Eastern leaders welcomed Trump’s plan. The Palestinian Authority called the U.S. effort “sincere and determined.” Pakistan, which initially voiced support, aboriginal said the announced points did not afloat lucifer proposals from Muslim-majority states.

Humanitarian situation continues

The propulsion for a ceasefire comes arsenic Israel expands its violative successful Gaza City. Israel’s defence curate said forces were “tightening the siege” astir the metropolis to unit Hamas.

The Hamas-run wellness ministry said astatine slightest 66,288 radical person been killed successful Gaza since the warfare began successful October 2023, including 63 successful the past 24 hours. Hundreds of thousands of residents person fled, though galore stay trapped.

James Elder, a spokesperson for UNICEF, said conditions successful alleged humanitarian harmless zones were “farcical,” informing that shelters and schools proceed to travel nether fire.