— 🇺🇸/🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: President Trump publishes Hamas's response to the 21-point ceasefire plan and will soon release a video responding to it.

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— 🇺🇸/🇳🇴 NOTE: The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced on October 10.

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— ❗️🇺🇸/🇵🇸/🇮🇱 President Trump: 'Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly! Right now, it’s far too dangerous to do that. We are already in discussions on details to be worked out. This is not about Gaza alone, this is about long sought PEACE in the Middle East.'

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇵🇸 NEW: Israeli Channel 14 says, 'Trump has fallen into Hamas's trap.'

There has been no response from Israeli officials so far. The reaction from Hebrew outlets is mixed, ranging from anger to disappointment.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇵🇸 IMPORTANT NOTE: Hamas has NOT yet agreed to a ceasefire, but agreed to engage in negotiations regarding the Trump plan and says it's willing to release hostages

Furthermore, Hamas said it cannot accept any non-Palestinian force ruling Gaza.

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇵🇸 NEW: Israeli media is in a state of 'meltdown' about the Hamas statement and Trump's post on TruthSocial

It seems that the Israelis assumed from the beginning that Hamas would reject the ceasefire proposal so that they would have an excuse to continue the genocide.

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇵🇸 What is Hamas' official position following today's agreement?

– Hamas stated its readiness for an immediate hostage release, based on the terms in the Trump plan: Releasing all Israeli hostages (dead or alive) for a total of 250 Palestinian prisoners with life sentences + thousands of other Palestinian prisoners.

– Hamas agreed to immediately enter negotiations to discuss the details of the Trump plan.

– Before prisoners are exchanged, to facilitate the exchange, a temporary ceasefire will take effect and the IDF will withdraw towards the outskirts of Gaza.

– Hamas has NOT agreed to allow an international force to rule the Gaza Strip, and emphasized that any future administration must be Palestinian-led, and must have its own weapons.

– Hamas emphasizes it will continue to play a part in decision making in Gaza and will 'contribute responsibly' to this independent Palestinian administration.

Why is this so important?

Immediately following Hamas' statement, President Trump rushed to TruthSocial to state that Hamas is 'ready for peace', signaling that Trump agrees with the group's additional demands, including an armed Palestinian administration that would rule Gaza + an immediate ceasefire during negotiations. The Israelis see this as a major concession from the American side.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇵🇸 NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was 'surprised' by President Trump's response to Hamas' statement

Other Hebrew media confirm this, some report that officials close to Netanyahu are calling it a 'surrender agreement', because it demands an immediate ceasefire before a hostage exchange and it does not mention the disarmament of Hamas.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇵🇸 BREAKING: Israel bombs Gaza City and Khan Younis, minutes after Trump's call to stop the bombing

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 Vice President JD Vance: 'Proud of the president and the entire team. Pray for peace!'

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— 🇾🇪/🇵🇸 Muhammed Al-Bukhaiti, member of Ansarallah's politburo: 'To our heroic brothers in the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movements, we in Yemen say: We are not concerned with the details of the negotiations because the decision is in your hands. Our operations will not stop except at your request and will resume at your request. Your fate is our fate, and we are with you until victory or martyrdom.'

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 WATCH: President Trump has released a video statement regarding the Gaza deal, calling it a 'historic day'

He says he's looking forward to the hostages returning to their families, for peace in the Middle East, and he thanked the mediators.

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I do not think there will be a deal or peace.

The U.S. and Israel will not agree to the demands Hamas made today. America is just pretending not to notice the changes made by Hamas (Palestinian-led administration, no disarmament, full withdrawal etc.) They're simply kicking the can down the road.

The moment the two sides actually sit down for talks on the details of the agreement it'll fail, unless they miraculously agree to Hamas' additional points that were mentioned today.

In other words, Trump is framing this as a Hamas 'acceptance' of his proposal, but it was really more of a 'Yes, BUT...', and that's a very big BUT, not a small one. Major changes were demanded today by Hamas.

America can pretend to ignore this for now, but at some point these new details WILL have to be discussed, and both sides will quickly realize they're not in sync.

— 🇮🇱/🇹🇳/🇵🇸 NEW: CBS News confirms that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly approved military operations against two vessels last month that were part of a flotilla carrying aid and activists outside the 'Sidi Bou' port of Tunisia.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇺🇸 BREAKING: Netanyahu's office announces that Israel will immediately begin preparations to implement Phase 1 of the Trump ceasefire plan

They made no comment about Hamas' additional demands. American officials say details still have to be discussed.

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