In a social media post, the president said the United States and Israel were finalizing a proposal to Hamas. The announcement comes ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington next week.
President Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed to “conditions to finalize” a 60-day cease-fire with Hamas, though he provided no detail about the terms of a potential deal.
The office of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement, and Israeli officials have not yet confirmed they have agreed to conditions.
Mr. Trump has been pressing Israel and Hamas to end their nearly two-year-old war. The announcement, which the president made on Truth Social, his social media site, comes ahead of a meeting Mr. Trump is scheduled to have with Mr. Netanyahu in Washington next week.
Mr. Trump said his representatives had a “long and productive meeting with the Israelis today on Gaza,” and if the cease-fire is agreed upon, there would be talks about a permanent end to the conflict in Gaza. He said the proposal backed by the United States and Israel would be delivered to Hamas by Qatar and Egypt, countries that have long served as mediators for the Palestinian militant group in its indirect negotiations with Israel over an end to the war in Gaza.
“I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
Just last week, Mr. Trump announced a cease-fire agreement on social media, between Israel and Iran. Days earlier, the United States had joined an Israeli bombing campaign against Iran’s nuclear sites.
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