{"id":2494434,"date":"2025-10-03T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-moves-toward-peace-agrees-to-hostage-release-and-partial-backing-of-trumps-plan\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T18:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:31:04","slug":"hamas-moves-toward-peace-agrees-to-hostage-release-and-partial-backing-of-trumps-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-moves-toward-peace-agrees-to-hostage-release-and-partial-backing-of-trumps-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas Moves Toward Peace: Agrees to Hostage Release and Partial Backing of Trump&#8217;s Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-moves-toward-peace-agrees-to-hostage-release-and-partial-backing-of-trumps-plan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2494434&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hours after President Donald Trump issued a stern deadline demanding that Hamas agree to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-awaits-hamas-response-as-isolated-terrorists-run-out-of-options\/\" title=\"World awaits ... response as isolated terrorists run out of options\">20-point peace plan<\/a> by Sunday evening or face unprecedented consequences,Hamas responded with a statement expressing conditional support for much of the proposal. Hamas showed willingness to release hostages taken on October 7, 2023, based on an exchange formula in Trump&#8217;s plan, though it left ambiguous what specific conditions must be met. The group agreed in principle to transfer Gaza Strip governance to a body of autonomous Palestinian technocrats supported by Palestinians and Arab-Islamic entities, but emphasized the need for further internal Palestinian discussions about Gaza&#8217;s future and Palestinian rights. Hamas also affirmed readiness to negotiate details through mediators and appreciated international efforts, including Trump&#8217;s, aimed at ending hostilities, securing prisoner exchanges, and facilitating aid to Gaza. However, Hamas did not address Trump&#8217;s demand for disarmament and appeared cautious regarding the speedy handover of hostages and bodies.The Trump governance had yet to issue an official response at the time, while the White House Press Secretary highlighted Hamas&#8217; acceptance of the peace plan as a positive progress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hours after President Donald Trump threatened Hamas, it offered a statement indicating it supported most of Trump&rsquo;s 20-point peace plan, while leaving itself room on certain provisions.<\/p>\n<p>In a Friday post on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115310630808491399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>, Trump wrote, &ldquo;An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time. Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That led to a Friday statement from Hamas offering support for the concepts of the plan, such as releasing hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023, but indicating more talks are needed before offering a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >full-throated acceptance<\/a> of the plan, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/donald-trump-news-updates-10-3-2025?version=1759520052944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hamas said it was ready to free hostages &ldquo;according to the exchange formula contained in&nbsp;President Trump&rsquo;s proposal, and as the field conditions for the exchange are met,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/10\/03\/world\/hamas-hostages-israel-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>. It did not explain what it meant by &ldquo;field conditions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump wanted Hamas to give up power. The Hamas statement said it agreed &ldquo;to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independent technocrats, based on Palestinian national consensus and Arab and Islamic support.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Hamas said there should be discussions among Palestinians over issues &ldquo;relating to the future of the Gaza Strip and the inherent rights of the Palestinian people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hamas will be a part&rdquo; of that discussion and &ldquo;will contribute responsibly&rdquo; to it, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-warns-that-iranian-terrorists-are-planning-to-target-the-olympics-according-to-the-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Israel warns that Iranian terrorists are ...ning to target the Olympics, according to the ... Examiner\">terrorist group&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not address Trump&rsquo;s demand that Hamas disarm.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas &ldquo;affirms its readiness to immediately enter into negotiations through the mediators to discuss the details of this agreement,&rdquo; it said in a statement on Friday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/middle-east\/hamas-says-agrees-release-israeli-hostages-part-trumps-gaza-peace-plan-rcna234632?taid=68e02dc0f1acd500011dbaba&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/10\/03\/hamas-gaza-peace-ceasefire-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>, Hamas said it was taking this step &ldquo;in order to achieve a cessation of hostilities and a full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The statement also said Hamas &ldquo;appreciates the Arab, Islamic, and international efforts, as well as the efforts of US President Donald Trump, calling for an end to the war on the Gaza Strip, a prisoner exchange, the immediate entry of aid, the rejection of the occupation of the Gaza Strip, and the displacement of our Palestinian people from it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration had not issued an official response to the statement as of Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted the Hamas statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115312181572421839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>  without any comment upon it.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressSec\/status\/1974211609812738139\">post on X,<\/a> White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt d an image of Trump in the Oval Office and framed the development as &ldquo;Hamas&rsquo; acceptance of his Peace Plan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog-october-3-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of Israel<\/a> said that Hamas is hedging on the part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deep-dive-trumps-20-point-plan-gaza-peace-meant-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump&rsquo;s plan<\/a> requiring a speedy handover of the living hostages and the bodies of the dead, with Hamas saying it does not know where all the bodies are located.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Friday, Trump posted that &#8220;An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time. Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following this, Hamas released a statement backing key ideas in the plan-such as releasing hostages taken on October 7, 2023-but indicated that further negotiations are necessary before fully endorsing it. According to The New York Times and the Associated Press, Hamas said it was prepared to free hostages &#8220;according to the exchange formula contained in President Trump&#8217;s proposal and as field conditions for the exchange are met,&#8221; though it did not clarify what those conditions entail.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had demanded that Hamas relinquish control. In response, Hamas agreed &#8220;to hand over administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independent technocrats based on Palestinian national consensus and Arab and Islamic support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hamas also stated that discussions should take place among Palestinians regarding &#8220;the future of the Gaza Strip and inherent rights of the Palestinian people.&#8221; The group affirmed it would participate responsibly in these talks but did not address Trump&#8217;s call for disarmament.<\/p>\n<p>The statement expressed readiness to begin negotiations through mediators immediately to discuss agreement details. As reported by The Washington Post, this move aims at achieving an end to hostilities and full withdrawal from Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas acknowledged appreciation for Arab, Islamic, international efforts-and those by President Trump-calling for an end to war in Gaza; prisoner exchanges; immediate aid access; rejection of occupation; and opposition to displacement of Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday evening, there was no official response from the Trump administration regarding Hamas&#8217; statement. Trump shared their message without comment on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted an image of Trump in the Oval Office framing this development as &#8220;Hamas&#8217; acceptance&#8221; of his peace plan.<\/p>\n<p>A report from The Times of Israel noted that Hamas remains hesitant about parts requiring quick handover of living hostages and bodies since they claim uncertainty about all locations involved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Let me know if you want me to shorten or simplify further!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2494435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-10-03T174014.500.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50400,40705,38128,64570],"class_list":["post-2494434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-hamas-2","tag-hostage-release","tag-peace-talks","tag-trump-plan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-10-03T174014.500.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2494434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494438,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494434\/revisions\/2494438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2494435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2494434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2494434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2494434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}