{"id":29605,"date":"2025-07-02T00:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29605"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:53:05","slug":"trump-announces-israel-has-agreed-to-a-60-day-gaza-ceasefire-and-says-that-he-hopes-hamas-takes-the-deal-for-the-good-of-the-middle-east-daily-mail-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29605","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces Israel has &#8216;AGREED to a 60-day Gaza ceasefire&#8217; &#8211; and says that he hopes Hamas takes the deal &#8216;for the good of the Middle East&#8217; | Daily Mail Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/billboard.html --><\/p>\n<div id=\"mini-carousel-wrapper\" class=\"item news\" data-track-module=\"am-mini_carousel^mini_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a\" data-track-pos=\"static\">\n<div class=\"shallow-ac mini\">\n<div class=\"rotator\">\n<div class=\"rotator-pages\">\n<div class=\"rotator-next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-top-carousel-thumbnails\" class=\"taboola\" data-taboolaposition=\"beforeArticle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"articleWide cleared\">\n<div class=\"alpha\">\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" class=\"article-text wide  heading-tag-switch\">\n<h1>Trump announces Israel has &#8216;AGREED to a 60-day Gaza ceasefire&#8217; &#8211; and says that he hopes Hamas takes the deal &#8216;for the good of the Middle East<\/h1>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adHolder column-content cleared\">\n<div id=\"para_top\" style=\"width: 638px; margin: 0 auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- CWV --><!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--><!-- [if IE]>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n \t<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]><!--> <!--<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 8]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie8.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE 9]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-polyfill\/1.0.2\/ie9.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if IE]>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/sync_bundle--.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--> <!-- [if !IE]> --> <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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And we&#8217;re looking forward to it happening sometime next week,&#8217; he told reporters as he departed the White House for a day trip to Florida.<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatRHS\">\n<div data-mol-fe-xpmodule-related-story-factbox=\"true\" data-xp-platform=\"mol.web.desktop\" data-xp-channel-color=\"home\" data-track-module=\"related-story-factbox^related-story-factbox-trump-sets-new-deadline-for-gaza-ceasefi\" data-breaking-news-date=\"2025-07-01T14:41:35+0100\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div class=\"textContainer_L8BEBeSX\">\n<div class=\"headlineFlagsWrapper_DFVqshxv\">\n<div class=\"molBreakingNews_orf6WVwv\"><span class=\"molBreakingNewsText_UPzD4mv9\">BREAKING NEWS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"headline_TEL93dS_\"><span class=\"headlineText_tCRNH0ZB\">Trump sets new deadline for Gaza ceasefire as Israel&#8217;s Netanyahu plans White House visit<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"container_V5eJTpXY\" href=\"\/news\/article-14862457\/donald-trump-israel-netanyahu-white-house-gaza-ceasefire.html\" target=\"_self\" data-testid=\"container\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/30\/22\/99873015-0-image-a-27_1751320230313.jpg\" alt=\"article image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We want to get the hostages out.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Hamas has said it is willing to free remaining hostages, opens new tab in Gaza under any deal to end the war, while Israel says it can only end if Hamas is disarmed and dismantled. Hamas refuses to lay down its arms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It comes after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday that Trump is seeking to resolve the conflict between both Israel and Gaza and secure the release of the remaining American hostages in the war-torn city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s heartbreaking to see the images that have come out from both Israel and Gaza throughout this war,&#8217; Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;And the president wants to see it end. He wants to save lives and, however, the main priority for the president also remains to bring all of the hostages home out of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;As you know, his tireless effort has brought home many of the hostages, including all of the American hostages who were held there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A senior Israeli official, Ron Dermer, has been in Washington this week holding talks ahead of the meeting between the Israeli and American presidents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Donald Trump took to Truth Social\u00a0on Tuesday night to reveal his representatives had a &#8216;long and productive meeting with the Israelis today&#8217; about the Gaza war<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">US President Donald J Trump (L) meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the King David Hotel May 22, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He was due to meet on Tuesday with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, an Israeli official said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trump and Netanyahu worked together on a military operation against Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites in June that culminated with American B-2 bombing raids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trump said the strikes &#8216;obliterated&#8217; Tehran&#8217;s nuclear capability, although there remains a debate about the degree of damage done to the Iranian nuclear program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatRHS\">\n<div data-mol-fe-xpmodule-related-story-factbox=\"true\" data-xp-platform=\"mol.web.desktop\" data-xp-channel-color=\"home\" data-track-module=\"related-story-factbox^related-story-factbox-trump-and-netanyahu-agreed-to-end-gaza-w\" data-breaking-news-date=\"2025-06-26T16:46:38+0100\" data-reactroot=\"\">\n<div class=\"textContainer_L8BEBeSX\">\n<div class=\"headlineFlagsWrapper_DFVqshxv\">\n<div class=\"molBreakingNews_orf6WVwv\"><span class=\"molBreakingNewsText_UPzD4mv9\">BREAKING NEWS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"headline_TEL93dS_\"><span class=\"headlineText_tCRNH0ZB\">&#8216;Trump and Netanyahu agreed to end Gaza war in two weeks,&#8217; Israeli media claims<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"container_V5eJTpXY\" href=\"\/news\/article-14850661\/Trump-Netanyahu-end-Gaza-war-US-strike-Iran-Israel.html\" target=\"_self\" data-testid=\"container\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/26\/15\/99754005-0-image-a-11_1750949707368.jpg\" alt=\"article image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the US president recently expressed his disapproval with Israel, after the president announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran on June 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, both sides quickly launched accusations that the other had violated the agreement, prompting Trump to tell reporters that both had failed to uphold the terms of the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;m not happy with them,&#8217; Trump said at the White House last week. &#8216;I&#8217;m not happy with Iran either, but I&#8217;m really unhappy with Israel going out this morning.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The war in Gaza was triggered when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Gaza&#8217;s health ministry says Israel&#8217;s post-Oct. 7 military assault has killed over 56,000 Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The assault has also caused a hunger crisis, internally displaced Gaza&#8217;s entire population and prompted accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice and of war crimes at the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Israel denies the accusations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mobileGalleryModal\">\n<div class=\"canvas\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/news\/none\/article\/other\/mpu_channel.html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump announces Israel has &#8216;AGREED to a 60-day Gaza ceasefire&#8217; 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