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Monday, July 7, 2025
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Monday, July 7, 2025
Trump: ‘Good chance’ of deal this week that would see ‘quite a few hostages’ released
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, July 6, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
US President Donald Trump says there is a good chance a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal could be reached with Hamas this week.
“I think there’s a good chance we have a deal with Hamas during the week, during the coming week,” Trump tells reporters before departing for Washington.
Such a deal, he adds, would mean that “quite a few hostages” could be released.
Trump is due to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow at the White House.
Netanyahu said last night that Hamas’s latest demands are not acceptable to Israel, but he nevertheless dispatched a high-level negotiating team to Qatar for talks.
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