Trump, Netanyahu says that the ceasefire in Hamas
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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they thought that a ceasefire with Hamas was “very close” to be obtained.
“I’m going to tell you that we are getting closer to an agreement,” said Trump in response to a question from the main correspondent for Fox News, Peter DOOCY, Fox News White House correspondent. “I don’t know if it’s secret or not secret, but no matter for me-secrets good if it brings us where we want to be, we want to have a cease-fire.”
“We want to have peace. We want to recover the hostages. And I think we are about to do so,” he added.
Netanyahu echoed the feelings in an interview with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo the “Mornings With Maria”, broadcast on Wednesday. He said he thought there was a “good luck” that a 60-day ceasefire was reached with the terrorist network.
“We are talking about a 60-day ceasefire in which half of the hostages live and half of the dead hostages would have returned to Israel by these Hamas monsters,” he said after a meeting on Tuesday evening with Trump. “I think we get closer to an agreement. I think there is a good chance that we have it.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets President Donald Trump during a dinner in the White House blue room on July 7, 2025. (Images Andrew Harnik / Getty)
Before this week’s high -level meetings, Trump had to press Netanyahu to conclude an agreement to end the War of Israel in Gaza and return the 50 hostages. The Israeli government assesses 28 hostages to have died, including Hadar Goldin, which was taken in 2014, and 27 hostages that were removed on October 7, 2023 – including the Americans Omer Neutra and Itay Chen.
This leaves 22 hostages still evaluated to be alive, although some comments from Netanyahu have suggested that the fate of several hostages remains unknown. In his place with Bartiromo, the Israeli chief said there was “”20 on the left and 30 deceased. “”
“I undertook to get them out and get Hamas out of the photo,” he added, comparing the terrorist network to the Nazi SS.
Special Enovy in the Middle East Steve Witkoff told journalists on Tuesday that he planned to go to Doha this week to continue negotiations with mediators, which started on Sunday.
Witkoff would also have said he was Hope an agreement Maybe secure this week.
President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on July 7, 2025. (Photo of Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
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The exact hiccups in the negotiations remain vague, although the disagreements on the continuous military presence of Israel in the Gaza Strip and a day plan after the Palestinians have long tormented the talks.
Bartiromo also questioned Netanyahu on frustrations that have set up between the international community, Israel and the United States on the distribution of aid through the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) instead of the United Nations.
“We have our own distribution system that has been established to prevent Hamas from stealing food that is supposed to go to the population,” said Netanyahu. “They fly it, they take it for themselves, and the rest, they increase prices and essentially extort the Palestinian population in order to use it to continue recruiting people in their war machine.”
Palestinians carry bags and boxes containing food and humanitarian aid delivered by Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Rafah, Southern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025. (AP photo / Abdel Kareem Hana)
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Netanyahu said that he did not want to abandon the distribution system that worked to ensure that Hamas does not steal from help and does not use it as a black market product to extort civilians and a terrorist recruitment tool.
While the UN continued to distribute the aid to Gaza, its convoys were attacked several times and ransacked by alleged terrorists of Hamas.
The Israeli Prime Minister said he expects the UN and the GHF to distribute aid as part of the 60 -day plan.
