{"id":27247,"date":"2025-07-02T15:45:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=27247"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:45:04","slug":"hamas-once-again-refusing-a-hostage-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hamas-once-again-refusing-a-hostage-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas Once Again Refusing a Hostage Deal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas announced today (Wednesday) that it is rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s ceasefire proposal, according to a report by the AP news agency. Last night, President Trump revealed that Israel had agreed to the proposal, which includes a 60-day ceasefire, the release of hostages, and discussions on continuing the war.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas is demanding a full commitment to a complete end of the war in Gaza as a condition for agreeing to the deal and releasing several hostages. Israel has not agreed to end the war outright and is only willing to do so if Hamas disarms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27248\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27248\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18b728c7-cbbb-4d78-b151-6f4e0e0a4829.jpg-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18b728c7-cbbb-4d78-b151-6f4e0e0a4829.jpg-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18b728c7-cbbb-4d78-b151-6f4e0e0a4829.jpg-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18b728c7-cbbb-4d78-b151-6f4e0e0a4829.jpg-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18b728c7-cbbb-4d78-b151-6f4e0e0a4829.jpg-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/18b728c7-cbbb-4d78-b151-6f4e0e0a4829.jpg.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IDF operations in the Gaza Strip | Photo: IDF Spokesperson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Trump: Israel Agreed to Ceasefire<\/strong><br \/>\nThis morning, Trump announced that Israel had agreed to the ceasefire. &#8220;My Representatives had a long and productive meeting with the Israelis today on Gaza,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 day ceasefire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He concluded with warning to Hamas, in his signature capitalized style: &#8220;I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better \u2014 IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114780321031653396\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/embed.js\" async=\"async\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to fly to the U.S. next week for a diplomatic visit and will discuss the matter with President Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP reports the Hamas terror organization has once again rejected President Trump&#8217;s ceasefire and hostage release proposal, which Israel has accepted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":24032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,8,6],"tags":[1898,1476,1477,2337,1743],"class_list":["post-27247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-politics","category-security","tag-ceasefire","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-hostage-deal","tag-swords-of-iron"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hamas Once Again Refusing a Hostage Deal? 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