US President Donald Trump on Friday said he thinks a ceasefire will be reached in the Gaza Strip “within the next week.”
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he just spoke with some of the individuals involved in trying to secure a ceasefire and hostage release deal, without further elaborating.
The remarks came amid reports that Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is due to visit Washington next week for talks on Gaza and Iran. Trump is reportedly pushing Israel to wrap up the ongoing war with Hamas after the brief conflict with the Islamic Republic, and is seeking to expand the Abraham Accords.
After offering his assessment on a potential ceasefire, Trump pivoted to highlight the recent US decision to donate $30 million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has been distributing boxes of food in Gaza from militarized zones in the Strip for the past month.
“It’s a terrible situation that’s going [in] Gaza… and we’re supplying a lot of money and a lot of food to that area because we have to,” Trump said.
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