Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Backed by Netanyahu
Trump unveiled a 20-point plan combining ceasefire, hostage release, demilitarization, and reconstruction.
U.S. President Donald Trump presented a sweeping Gaza peace proposal aimed at ending the conflict through an immediate ceasefire, large-scale hostage-prisoner exchange, international administration, and reconstruction under a “New Gaza” framework. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has endorsed the plan, but Hamas is still weighing its response.
Here Are the Items
- Immediate ceasefire if both sides accept.
- All Israeli hostages, alive and deceased, freed within 72 hours.
- Israel releases 250 prisoners serving life terms and 1,700 detainees.
- For each deceased hostage, Israel returns 15 Palestinian remains.
- Gaza to be governed by a technocratic Palestinian committee.
- International “Board of Peace” chaired by Trump, with Tony Blair included.
- International Stabilization Force to train Palestinian police and secure borders.
- IDF withdraws in stages, maintaining a perimeter until demilitarization is verified.
- Hamas tunnels, weapons production, and infrastructure destroyed.
- Monitors confirm disarmament through inspections.
- Weapons buy-back and reintegration programs for former fighters.
- Hamas members receive amnesty if they disarm, or safe passage abroad if they choose exile.
- Surge of aid at January 2025 levels via UN and Red Crescent.
- Reconstruction of power, water, hospitals, bakeries, and rubble clearance.
- Creation of “New Gaza” as a special economic zone with foreign investment, no forced displacement.
- If Hamas refuses, the plan applies only in “terror-free areas” with scaled-up aid and ISF control.
- Promotion of interfaith dialogue to reshape narratives.
- U.S.-led negotiations to define a political horizon.
- Conditional path to Palestinian statehood after Palestinian Authority reforms and Gaza redevelopment.
What Happens Next?
Hamas has only a few days to respond, with the outcome likely to determine whether military operations continue or a negotiated track moves forward. Netanyahu supports the plan, but far-right allies oppose it, threatening coalition stability. Arab and European states have cautiously backed the initiative. If the plan is not fully accepted, parts of it may start in “terror-free” zones under international oversight, while the overall uncertainty could prolong the conflict and worsen Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.