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Investing.com-- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday evening that Hamas’ acceptance of a proposed ceasefire deal with Israel will only become clear in the next 24 hours.
Speaking to reporters in Washington after returning from an event in Iowa, Trump said “we will know in the next 24 hours whether Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire.”
Trump said earlier this week that Israel had accepted the conditions needed to finalize a 60-day ceasefire with Hamas, which is expected to help broker an end to the long-running conflict in the Middle East.
Reuters reported that Hamas was seeking clear guarantees that the ceasefire will eventually lead to the war’s end. Trump’s comments come as Israel kept up its offensive against the Palestinian group in Gaza, having launched a slew of aerial and ground strikes against the region over the past week.
A separate U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding for a second week, with reports suggesting that Washington and Tehran will also hold renewed nuclear talks soon.