Donald Trump gave Hamas “three to four days” to a reaction to his peace plan. The organization is to answer whether it is ready to release hostagesor rather for the continuation of the Israeli offensive.
This is how Netanyahu formulated it: If Hamas is not ready to conclude an agreement, the fights will last. Officially, Israeli politicians refrain from expressing expectations. They do not want to risk that Trump will get angry when they give the impression that they do not support the plan. Radically right -wing Netanyahu coalition parties are critical of the agreement. However, no vote in parliament has been planned so far, and even in the so -called war office. Therefore, now all eyes are turned to Hamas.
“Nobody can imagine that Hamas is ready to free all hostages”
– We assume that Hamas will publicly agree to the agreement to signal his readiness to runny nose, and in particular Turkey. The question is what will happen next. So far, no one can imagine that Hamas is really ready to free all hostages within the prescribed period. Finally, what would they have in their hands then? – notes my interlocutor from Israeli political circles.
The question of what will happen to hostages is very important to Israel. Especially now, when the anniversary of the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 is approaching.
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Peter Neumann, an expert for terrorism and Hamas from King's College in London, is also skeptical about whether the agreement can really work. Particularly notable is that Qatar and Türkiye supported Trump and Netanyahu. “It's new,” Neumann told me in the podcast. – Many Arab countries have always been against Hamas. But the fact that countries such as Qatar or Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now say that they want to put an end to Hamas, shows that they want to stop this war. Erdogan knows that the eternal war will not benefit him in the internal arena.
What is the motivation of the Qatarians? It is possible that Trump promised the Emirate American security guarantees in the event of an attack on this country. This is an unprecedented step of Americans in the Arab world.
“In gas, it is not known who really rules”
At the same time, Hamas himself remains out of reach. – The murders made by Israel basically deprived the organization of the leader. Sinwar is dead, his son also. People in gas do not know who really rules. There is still a political office in Dosze, but the most important question is: if they communicate there, does it even affect gauze?
The biggest obstacle is probably the question of hostages. 48 Israelis are still held by Hamas. 20 of them are probably still alive.
Buildings in the city of Gaza after an Israeli attack, October 1, 2025.PAP/EPA/MOMAMMED SABER
“For Hamas, you are life insurance,” says Neumann. Even if Hamas at first agreed, the problems would not end. – Who will disarm Hamas? What will happen to the fighters? Where should they go? Türkiye would be the only realistic candidate for accepting thousands of fighters. But I critically approach whether Erdogan is ready for it.
Even more difficult the question is who will guarantee safety in the Gaza Strip if Israel withdraws. – The vacuum would be extremely dangerous. We know it from Syria, Libya and Iraq. Arab peace forces would be needed immediately. But who would like to do this? This is a very dangerous mission – explains the expert.
Donald Trump? Brave but impatient
Neumann also refers to the logic of Hamas himself. – Why would Hamas agree to the set that predicts his own destruction? It's hard to imagine. It is possible that they want to escape abroad as the organization of Palestine from Lebanon [do Tunezji] In 1982, they may say: we will retreat to Turkey and rebuild there – suggests an expert.
Donald Trump himself perceives two. – It is positive that he has the courage to face conflicts that others consider to be insoluble. He makes phones, exerts pressure, connects people. But there is no patience. I want to have a photo in the White House [żeby pochwalić się sukcesem — red.]and if this does not happen, he loses interest – he concludes. For Trump, the most important thing is to present success on October 7, on the anniversary of the Hamas massacre.
Israel detained a propalentine flotilla
On October 1 in the evening, Israel detained several ships of the International Aid Fleet for the Gaza Strip, which wanted to provide humanitarian aid by sea. Passengers of the ship were transported to the Israeli port, as the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed on the X. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and her friends are “safe and healthy”. Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a film that shows Thunberg and several masked and armed Israeli soldiers. One of them gives a woman a bottle of water.
The fleet of Propalestine activists sailed from Barcelona at the end of August and until then approached 70-80 nautical miles (about 110-130 km) from the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Navy called the fleet to change the course. According to the Israeli authorities, humanitarian aid could be delivered to ports outside the Gaza Strip, from where it would be transported further to the Palestinian coastal area. Israel claims that the crews have been informed that they were approaching the active battle zone.
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