#Firstpost Netanyahu Agrees To Trump’s Gaza Peace Deal; Hamas Yet To Respond | Firstpost America

Netanyahu Agrees To Trump’s Gaza Peace Deal; Hamas Yet To Respond | Firstpost America
President Donald Trump secured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing on Monday for a US-sponsored peace proposal to end a nearly two-year-old war in Gaza, but questions loomed over whether Hamas would accept the plan. Speaking at a joint White House press conference following a meeting with Netanyahu, Trump said they were “beyond very close” to an elusive peace deal for the Palestinian enclave. But he warned the Islamist group Hamas that Israel would have full US support to take whatever action it deemed necessary if the militants reject what he has offered. A senior Hamas official has said the group had not yet received the proposed 20-point plan, but an official briefed on the matter later said that Qatari and Egyptian mediators had met with Hamas to provide them with the document. In a video statement published on his Telegram channel discussing his visit to the US, Benjamin Netanyahu said the IDF “will remain in most of the territory” as part of the plan drawn up with Trump, and that Israel did “absolutely not” agree to a Palestinian state. The world reacted positively to the development, with India, China, France, the UK and various Arab nations lauding Trump’s plan to bring peace in Gaza.  

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