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Palestinians carrying belongings arrive on a coastal path northwest of Nuseirat refugee camp as they are displaced southward from Wadi Gaza following an Israeli announcement of closing Al-Rashid road towards the north of the besieged Gaza Strip on October 1, 2025. Israel's defence minister issued a final warning for Gaza City residents to flee south on October 1, as the Palestinian Hamas movement weighed the latest US plan to end nearly two years of war in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas unlikely to accept Trump’s Gaza peace plan — ‘serves Israel’s interests’

Hamas is reportedly expected to reject President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, saying that it “serves Israel’s interests” and “ignores those of the Palestinian people.”

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 13: Gal Hirsch, co-ordinator for the cross-Governmental response to the hostage situation, addresses family and friends of those taken hostage by Hamas during an attack on Israel, at a press conference on October 13, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel has sealed off Gaza and launched sustained retaliatory air strikes, which have killed at least 1,400 people with more than 400,000 displaced, after a large-scale attack by Hamas. On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza by land, sea, and air, killing over 1,300 people and wounding around 2,800. Israeli soldiers and civilians have also been taken hostage by Hamas and moved into Gaza. The attack prompted a declaration of war by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the announcement of an emergency wartime government. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Israeli Officials Propose New Deal, Offering ‘Safe Passage’ To Hamas Leader In Exchange For Hostage Release

Gal Hirsch, an Israeli government official tasked with freeing the Gaza hostages, stated that if Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar were to direct the terrorist organization to let go of its control of the Gaza Strip and release the hostages, then the IDF would provide him with a safe passage out of the area.