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Trump Stresses Need for Gaza Deal Ahead of Netanyahu Visit
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6:56Now PlayingNatasha Hall, senior associate at CSIS, talks the chances of a cease fire deal between Israel and Hamas ahead of Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to the White House Monday.
US President Donald Trump hopes to put Israel and Hamas on the path to ending the war in Gaza this week, but the 60-day ceasefire he’s proposing faces disagreements over troop redeployments and civilian relief.
Israel signaled its readiness to resume talks on Sunday by dispatching envoys to Qatar, where Hamas maintains an office. Israel’s move coincides with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington for a meeting on Monday with Trump, their third since the president returned to the White House.
Trump stoked expectations of a breakthrough by announcing Israel’s acceptance of the proposed truce, intended as a path toward a permanent end to hostilities. Hamas welcomed the initiative, but, according to Netanyahu’s office, seeks changes to the proposal which are “unacceptable to Israel.”
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen, a member of Netanyahu’s decision-making Security Cabinet, said Hamas wants the ceasefire to roll troops and tanks back further than Israel is willing to go, fearing such a step would allow the military group to reorganize and rearm. According to Cohen, Hamas also stipulated a reworking of aid distribution for the enclave’s 2 million Palestinians.
Cohen deemed the talks worthwhile because a truce could see Hamas release half of the surviving hostages from its Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack, which killed 1,200 people and triggered the war. Israel’s counter-offensive has devastated Gaza, spiraled to other fronts including Lebanon, and crested in unprecedented hostilities with Iran last month. “At the current time there’s no way of achieving a deal for the return of all living hostages,” Cohen told radio station Kol Barama.
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