{"id":123532,"date":"2025-08-20T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123532"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:54:46","slug":"21-05-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123532","title":{"rendered":"White House: US reviewing truce deal after Hamas accepts"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/white-house-us-reviewing-truce-deal-after-hamas-accepts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White House: US reviewing truce deal after Hamas accepts<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Canaan Lidor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>As talks on a deal continue, the Israel Defense Forces is finalizing preparations for the seizure of Gaza City and other enclaves, which would significantly tighten Israel\u2019s grip on the area and limit Hamas\u2019s ability to operate there.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/me.jnsi.org\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Benjamin-Netanyahu-08-18-25-1320x880.jpg\" width=\"100%\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes announcement, Aug. 18, 2025. Source: Screenshot\/X.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday that the Trump administration was continuing to discuss a ceasefire proposal for Gaza, and confirmed that Hamas had accepted it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a coincidence that Hamas accepted this proposal after the president of the United States posted a very strong statement about this conflict on Truth Social,\u201d Leavitt said at a press briefing at the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The talks coincide with IDF preparations for the seizure of Gaza City, seemingly with the support of U.S. President&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/trump-israeli-hostages-to-return-only-when-hamas-is-destroyed\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who on Monday said that the remaining hostages would return only when Hamas is \u201cconfronted and destroyed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThe sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be,\u201d Trump&nbsp;wrote&nbsp;on Truth Social.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">According to the&nbsp;<em>Al Mayadeen<\/em>&nbsp;television network in Lebanon and other Arab media, the proposal features a partial pullout of Israeli forces from some areas of the Gaza Strip, the release of 10 out of the 20 living hostages held by Hamas and the release of more than 200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel during a 60-day ceasefire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing the nation on Monday, stated that Hamas was \u201c<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/netanyahu-says-hamas-under-immense-pressure-as-it-drops-some-demands\/\">under immense pressure<\/a>\u201d as the terrorist group signaled a willingness to negotiate after previously refusing several offers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Netanyahu also visited the IDF\u2019s Gaza Division, where he expressed his \u201ctremendous appreciation\u201d for the \u201cgreat achievements\u201d of Israel\u2019s military in the Gaza war, which he termed both a \u201cWar of Redemption\u201d and a \u201cWar on Seven Fronts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The prime minister\u2019s political allies, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, have vocally opposed any partial deal that does not secure the release of all hostages and a total defeat of Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On Tuesday, the fathers of three soldiers who fell fighting Hamas terrorists since Oct. 7, 2023, wrote Netanyahu an open letter in which they demanded he decline any deal that doesn\u2019t retrieve all 50 remaining hostages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cAny pause now, for partial deals would endanger the hostages, the troops and Israel\u2019s security. Do not surrender to Hamas. It is time for a decisive victory,\u201d wrote the fathers of Cpt. Uri Mordechai Shani and Fst. Sgts. Yishai Fitousi and Amit Buntzel. The fathers, Yehoshua, Itzik and Itzik, are members of the Gevurah Forum of bereaved parents in favor of total defeat of Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">As of Aug. 19, 148 hostages have been returned alive to Israel\u2014eight of them rescued through military operations. Most have been redeemed in two exchanges, held during brief ceasefires in 2024 and 2025, for Palestinian terrorists held in Israeli prisons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The bodies of an additional 56 captives have been repatriated to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">As talks on a deal continue, the Israel Defense Forces is finalizing preparations for the seizure of Gaza City and other enclaves, which would significantly tighten Israel\u2019s grip on the area and limit Hamas\u2019s ability to operate there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday approved plans for the next stage of the war in Gaza presented to him by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen.&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/idf-oks-wars-next-stage-gaza-city-in-sights\/\">Eyal Zamir<\/a>&nbsp;and senior IDF leadership, according to Israel\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Channel 12 News<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The campaign, which focuses on Gaza City, has been dubbed \u201cOperation Gideon\u2019s Chariots II,\u201d according to the report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">To fund the war, the Israeli Cabinet agreed to cut 30.8 billion shekels ($9 billion) from the budgets of various ministries in favor of the Defense Ministry. Of that sum, 1.6 billion shekels ($471 million) is earmarked for humanitarian aid for Gazans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">National Security Minister Ben-Gvir, whose ministry is set to take one of the deepest cuts for the defense funding scheme, cited this in opposing the redistribution. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House: US reviewing truce deal after Hamas accepts Canaan Lidor As talks on a deal continue, the Israel Defense Forces is finalizing preparations for the seizure of Gaza City and other enclaves, which would significantly tighten Israel\u2019s grip on the area and limit Hamas\u2019s ability to operate there. 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