Trump unveils Gaza peace plan as Netanyahu visits U.S., apologizes to Qatar
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The 20-point plan calls for all hostages held by Hamas to be released within 72 hours of both sides accepting the deal, and does not call for Palestinians to leave Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a White House visit on Monday to extend a formal apology to his Qatari counterpart for a recent military strike targeting Hamas officials in the Gulf emirate that infuriated Arab leaders and triggered rare criticism by the U.S. of Israel.
While Netanyahu was meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House released a Trump plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war and Gaza governance. Netanyahu later said Israel would accept the proposal, which would be brought to his cabinet for a full vote.
There was no immediate word on whether Hamas has accepted 20-point plan.
The plan calls for a temporary governing board that would be headed by Trump and include former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The plan does not require people to leave Gaza and calls for the war to end immediately if both sides accept it. It also calls for all remaining hostages to be released within 72 hours of Israel accepting the plan.
Trump said Israel would have the “full backing” of the United States to take steps to defeat Hamas if it doesn’t accept the proposed peace deal.
“I think we are beyond very close,” Trump said at the start of a news conference with Netanyahu where he detailed the deal.
Netanyahu made the call to Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, as he met with Trump for critical talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza and developing a U.S. plan on postwar governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory, according to the White House.
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