Trump says Israel has accepted his proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza.

BarcelonaDonald Trump claims that Israel is willing to accept a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, after 21 months of indiscriminate war that has led to accusations of genocide in international courts. More conservative sources speak of 60,000 deaths and the destruction of 70% of the homes and healthcare system in the Strip, where the Israeli army is also imposing a siege of hunger. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said: "Israel has accepted the necessary conditions for a 60-day ceasefire, during which we will work with all parties to end the war." Netanyahu, who will travel to Washington on Monday, has made it clear that he is not willing to enter into an agreement with the Islamist organization: "There will be no Hamas."

What Trump has described as "the final proposal" will be sent to Hamas through mediators Qatar and Egypt. No details have been released about the content of the proposal or what has changed compared to the previous proposals that were rejected. The US administration's latest attempt to find a solution comes after Washington supported Israel in the attack on Iran –which ended with a ceasefire– and a meeting between Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. In the same post on his social network, Trump threatens Hamas: "I hope you accept this agreement, because it won't get better, it will only get worse."

Pending an official reaction, Hamas representatives will meet this Wednesday in Cairo with Egyptian and Qatari mediators to study the proposal. Taher al-Nunu, a representative of the Islamists, has insisted that he is "prepared to accept any initiative that clearly leads to a total end to the war."

Trump told reporters during a visit to Florida that he would be "very firm" with Netanyahu on the need for a quick ceasefire in Gaza. "We hope it happens. And we hope it happens sometime next week." "We want to get the hostages back," he added. Hamas has said it is willing to release the remaining hostages in Gaza in exchange for an end to the war, but Israel says it can only end if Hamas is disarmed and dismantled.

The talks on a "final proposal" for a ceasefire come after Monday's Israeli attack on the Al Baqa cafe on the Gaza seafront, which medical sources said killed between 24 and 36 Palestinians, including children. The massacres in the Strip continue unabated: in the early hours of Wednesday alone, 43 Palestinians were killed, most of them (24) in attacks on the southern town of Khan Yunis, which is once again under a forced evacuation order from the Israeli army.

Israeli airstrikes have targeted the tents of displaced people in the Mawasi area, near the southern Gaza coast. Before Israel broke the ceasefire, the Israeli military considered it a "humanitarian zone." There have also been attacks in Gaza City in the north and Deir al-Balah in the center of the enclave. In fact, the airstrikes in Gaza have become more intense and random in recent days, despite Trump's declarations of a possible ceasefire. Ground military operations have also intensified, particularly in the northern and eastern border towns of the Strip, particularly in Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoon, which are under heavy Israeli fire. One such attack killed Marwan al-Sultan, director of the Indonesian hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, and several members of his family, according to the Health Ministry.

The obstacles

So far, negotiations have stalled on two points. The first is Israel's refusal to accept a permanent ceasefire that includes the withdrawal of its troops from the Strip, beyond a one-off truce in exchange for the release of the hostages. The second is Israel's demand that Hamas lay down its weapons, cede control of Gaza, and accept the exile of its leaders outside the Palestinian territory.

During the last round of indirect talks in June, Israeli media reported that Washington had proposed a 60-day ceasefire, the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the release of 10 live Israeli hostages and the bodies of 18 others, more than 18 of them from Israeli prisons. The US proposal stated that Israeli forces would withdraw from Gaza based on maps to be agreed upon, and that negotiations would also begin on a permanent ceasefire, the release of the remaining captives, and Israeli "redeployment and withdrawals." Hamas issued a counterproposal, calling for negotiations on a permanent ceasefire to begin on the first day of the truce and for the Trump administration to guarantee the talks would lead to a settlement that would end the war.