He said that the ceasefire would be respected and that the so-called Peace Council – a temporary administrative body – would be created in the near future.
“The war is over, you see,” he said.
According to Trump, all people – both in Israel and in Arab countries.
“Whether it's Jews, Muslims or Arab countries, people are dancing in the streets. And I don't think you'll ever see that again. They haven't seen that in 3,000 years,” Trump said.
Donald Trump was also asked whether he thinks the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will hold.
“I think so. I think it will be so. There are many reasons why this [прекращение огня] will continue… I think people are tired of it,” he said.
Trump also praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said he had “done a good job.”
He made his remarks before flying to the Middle East to preside over a ceasefire agreement.
Context
Since October 2023, Israel has been waging war in the Gaza Strip against Hamas in response to its attacks on the country, killing civilians and taking hostages.
After lengthy negotiations, the parties reached a ceasefire agreement on January 15, 2025, but hostilities soon resumed.
On September 29, during a meeting in the White House between Trump and Netanyahu, the American plan of action to end the war was presented; it contains 20 points, and Israel agreed to it.
On October 3, Trump delivered an ultimatum to Hamas: either the group will agree to the demands of a potential peace agreement, which Israel has already agreed to, by the evening of October 5, or it will feel “real hell.”
In its official response to Trump's plan, Hamas announced its readiness to release the remaining hostages in exchange for an end to the war and a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. However, the group submitted a request for negotiations on many details.
By words Netanyahu, before Trump’s second arrival in the White House, Israel managed to free 158 hostages, 117 of them alive. Since Trump took office as US president, Israel has returned home 49 more living and dead Hamas hostages, the Israeli prime minister added. “But the most difficult task remained returning home all the remaining hostages, 20 living and 28 dead,” Netanyahu said in a video message on October 10.
