00:00A proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and ensure peace in the Middle East made
00:07a major breakthrough when Israel agreed to the plan on Monday.
00:11U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference
00:16in the White House that they are beyond very close to the peace deal.
00:21But questions loomed over whether Hamas would accept the plan.
00:25But if Hamas rejects your plan, Mr. President, or if they supposedly accept it and then basically
00:35do everything to counter it, then Israel will finish the job by itself.
00:43This can be done the easy way or it can be done the hard way, but it will be done.
00:52We prefer the easy way, but it has to be done.
00:55I also want to thank Prime Minister Netanyahu for agreeing to the plan and for trusting that
01:02if we work together we can bring an end to the death and destruction that we've seen for
01:07so many years, decades, even centuries, and begin a new chapter of security, peace and prosperity
01:13for the entire region.
01:15If accepted by Hamas, this proposal calls for the release of all remaining hostages immediately,
01:23but in no case more than 72 hours.
01:26The White House released the 20-point peace document that calls for an immediate ceasefire,
01:31an exchange of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, Hamas disarmament,
01:39withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, and a transitional government led by an international
01:44body.
01:45An official told Reuters that the Qatari Prime Minister and the Egyptian intelligence chief
01:51had shared the peace plan with Hamas negotiators, who told Qatari mediators they will review the
01:57plan in good faith and provide response.
01:59It looks like finally, finally, finally, we have a deal to end the war, the bloody war
02:06in Gaza, and bring all our people back home.
02:10This is very, very good news.
02:13President Trump, like he said, is totally committed to bringing peace and prosperity to this region,
02:20and this can only start with the ending of the war in Gaza and bringing back all our people.
02:27I think that eventually they have to. There is no other choice. I mean, everybody agrees that Hamas
02:33cannot and should not have any role in the future of Gaza. So I think that that's a set of the issue.
02:42I don't think they have any other choice unless they really want to bring more bloodshed and resist.
02:50Hamas, which triggered the war with its attack on Israeli civilians at the Gaza-Israel border on October
02:567th, 2023, still holds 48 hostages with 20 of them still alive.
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