'Get The Hostages Back': Trump Pushes For Immediate Ceasefire Deal In Gaza

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Trump had earlier said it was possible to that a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Hamas group can be reached within a week.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza conflict, pushing Hamas to release all hostages it currently has in captivity.

“MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!! DJT," he said in a post on Truth Social.

On Friday, Trump said he believed it was possible to that a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Hamas group can be reached within a week. “I think it’s close. I just spoke to some of the people involved," he said in the Oval Office.

“We think within the next week we’re going to get a ceasefire," he added, without disclosing who he has been talking to, although the US president had been in near-daily contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israel-Iran conflict.

Hamas has said it is willing to free remaining hostages in Gaza under any deal to end the war, while Israel says it can only end if Hamas is disarmed and dismantled. Hamas has refused to lay down its arms.

Over 1,200 people were killed when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, and took more than 250 people hostage. Almost two years later, 50 people remain in captivity in Gaza, but 28 of those people are believed to be dead.

Meanwhile, Israel’s retaliatory assault on the Gaza Strip has killed more than 56,000 people – as per Gaza’s Health Ministry – and has left thousands more wounded, displaced and with sparse resources, including food, water and medical supplies. Israel’s military operation still continues, killing 37 people in central Gaza on Saturday.

Trump’s surprise prediction of a possible ceasefire deal in coming days came at a time when there have been few signs that the warring parties were ready to restart serious negotiations or budge from their positions.

Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer plans to visit Washington starting on Monday for talks with Trump administration officials about Gaza, Iran and a possible White House visit by Netanyahu, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Meanwhile, Israel is under pressure as thousands of demonstrators rallied in Israel on Saturday to demand that the government secure the release of the remaining hostages. Some demonstrators called on Trump to help secure a ceasefire in Gaza that would see the captives freed, hailing his backing for Israel in the conflict with Iran.

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