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US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will take effect immediately after the Palestinian radical Islamist movement Hamas confirms its agreement with the White House's proposed peace plan. The American leader posted this message on his social media account, Truth Social, on Saturday, October 4.
"When Hamas certifies, the ceasefire will go into effect IMMEDIATELY, hostage and prisoner exchanges will begin, and we will create the conditions for the next phase of disengagement that will bring us closer to ending this 3,000-YEAR CATASTROPHE," Trump wrote.
According to him, Israel accepted the initial withdrawal line shown and communicated by Hamas. According to a map published by the US president, the initial withdrawal line roughly coincides with the territory controlled by Israel prior to the launch of a major offensive on Gaza City in September 2025. At that time, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) controlled approximately 70% of the Strip, including the southern Rafah and Khan Yunis neighborhoods, most of the northern neighborhoods, and a buffer zone.
In a video address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that the IDF would change its position but would continue to control strategically important areas "deep in the Gaza Strip." He also stated his intention to disarm Hamas and demilitarize the Strip—either through diplomatic or military means. "This will be achieved by easy or hard means, but it will happen," Netanyahu noted.
The Israeli military has been ordered to scale back its offensive in the enclave, AFP and Reuters reported. The country's political leadership has declared its readiness to act in "full cooperation" with the US president and his team to end the war in accordance with the proposed plan.
In turn, Hamas confirmed its readiness to hand over to Israel all surviving hostages and the bodies of the dead "in accordance with the exchange formula proposed by President Trump" if the necessary conditions for implementing the agreement are met. The group also stated its readiness to transfer governance of the Gaza Strip to an independent body based on Palestinian national consensus with the support of Arab and Islamic countries.
Hamas, however, did not address the issue of disarmament, as envisaged by the American plan. The movement's leaders, based in Qatar, insisted on changes to some of the White House's proposal's terms.
