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Monday, October 13, 2025
Trump, aboard Air Force One, declares twice that the Gaza war ‘is over,’ adds: ‘You understand that?’
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US President Donald Trump says that the war in Gaza is “over,” soon after boarding Air Force One en route to Israel to celebrate the ceasefire and hostage release deal, and later to Egypt for a summit on Gaza.
A reporter on the plane tells him, “Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, has not gone so far as to say the war is over. In your view, is the war between Israel and Hamas over?”
Trump responds instantly and firmly: “The war is over,” he says. “The war is over. Ok. You understand that?”
Reporter: "Netanyahu has not gone so far to say, "the war is over.'"
Trump: "The war is over, okay? Do you understand that? pic.twitter.com/BVXHZP4KVq
— Resist Times (@resistupdates) October 13, 2025
Trump is accompanied on his visit to the region by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, along with a host of other high-ranking administration officials.
Netanyahu said in a video address earlier this evening that the “campaign is not over.” The Israeli government, approving the “first phase” of Trump’s Gaza peace plan overnight Thursday-Friday, did not vote to end the war.
The Times of Israel Community.