Hamas says it has agreed to parts of the Gaza peace proposal outlined by President Trump

Hamas mentioned Friday it has agreed to elements of the ceasefire and hostage launch deal that President Trump outlined earlier this week.

A supply acquainted with the talks informed CBS News that Hamas is able to enter additional negotiations. A U.S. official informed CBS News the US views Hamas’ response as optimistic, although there are particulars that also should be hammered out, such because the decommissioning of weapons, which can start as quickly as subsequent week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the deal on Monday. Earlier Friday, Mr. Trump gave Hamas until Sunday evening to just accept the deal, or “all HELL, like nobody has ever seen earlier than, will escape towards Hamas.”

Hamas mentioned in an announcement it’s prepared to launch all dwelling hostages and the stays of deceased hostages “in accordance with the change method set forth in President Trump’s proposal.” The proposal laid out by the White Home known as for Hamas to launch all hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023, inside 72 hours, and for Israel to launch 250 Palestinians serving life sentences and 1,700 different Gazans who have been detained following the beginning of the battle.

The deal additionally known as for a right away finish to combating if each side settle for the deal, and for Israel’s navy to withdraw to an “agreed upon line.” 

Hamas additionally mentioned it’s prepared to “hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian physique of independents (technocrats), based mostly on Palestinian nationwide consensus and with the assist of Arab and Islamic events” — one other portion of Mr. Trump’s proposal.

The group was much less clear on different parts of the deal. The assertion mentioned some elements of Mr. Trump’s proposal “stay linked to a complete nationwide stance, grounded in related worldwide legal guidelines and resolutions.” It mentioned these points will should be mentioned “inside an inclusive Palestinian nationwide framework” that features Hamas.

The plan, unveiled Sept. 29 by Mr. Trump and backed by Netanyahu, known as for Hamas to free all remaining Israeli hostages and for the Israeli navy to start withdrawing from elements of the Gaza Strip in phases. It additionally proposed handing over elements of Gaza to a “technocratic” Palestinian committee and deploying a short lived safety drive backed by Arab states.

Netanyahu, who joined Mr. Trump for a joint information convention on the White Home when the 20-point proposal was introduced, had mentioned he helps the plan, and that if Hamas doesn’t settle for the provide, “Israel will end the job by itself.” 

“We’re giving everyone an opportunity to have this finished peacefully,” Netanyahu had mentioned, warning Hamas what would occur in the event that they did not conform to the proposal. “But when Hamas rejects your plan, Mr. President, or in the event that they supposedly settle for it after which principally do all the pieces to counter it, then Israel will end the job by itself. This may be finished the simple manner or it may be finished the onerous manner, however it will likely be finished.” 

The president informed Netanyahu Monday that if Hamas have been to reject the proposal, “you’d have our full backing to do what you would need to do.“

Mr. Trump had mentioned his purpose is to make sure a “sustainable, long-term peace.” The president on Monday additionally mentioned he and Netanyahu have been “ready for signatures and ready for approvals from a number of completely different nations which are concerned on this.”  

Israel and Hamas have been at battle since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led terrorists attacked southern Israel, killing some 1,200 folks and taking 251 hostages. Since then, Israel has waged an intense aerial bombardment and floor marketing campaign within the Gaza Strip. Greater than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed, in line with the Hamas-run Gaza Well being Ministry, which doesn’t specify how lots of the useless have been civilians or militants.

Some 50 hostages are nonetheless in Gaza, fewer than half of whom are believed to be alive, in line with Israeli authorities.

Claire Day, Margaret Brennan and Melissa Gaffney contributed to this report.