In parallel to this diplomatic management, on Monday Six people died in a shot attack perpetrated in a bus stop in Jerusalem thisan occupied sector and annexed by Israel.
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Hamas celebrated the attack, one of the most deadly in Jerusalem From the beginning of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023.
Israeli officers inspect a bus with bullet impacts in the place of a shooting in Jerusalem, on September 8, 2025. (EFE/EPA/ABIR Sultan).
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“We affirm that this operation is a natural response (…) to genocide that [Israel] is carrying out against our people ”, Indian Hamas In a statement, where he did not claim the attack.
When referring to your proposal, Trump said in Truth Social “Everyone wants hostages to go home. Everyone wants this war to end! The Israelis have accepted my conditions. It’s time for Hamas to accept them”
Then, He warned that it is his last warning towards Hamas: “I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting them. This is my last warning, there will be no more!”said.
In tune with Trump, the Israeli Minister of Defense, Israel Katzhe said that “This is a final warning to Hamas’s murderers and rapists (…): they release the hostages and depose weapons, or Gaza will be destroyed and you annihilated. ”
He added that the Army “prepares to extend its maneuvers to conquer Gaza City.”
What is Trump’s new proposal?
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, speaks in the Religious Freedom Commission of the Bible Museum in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2025. (EFE/EPA/JIM LO SCALZO).
The portal Axios published exclusively that the special envoy USA in the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, He sent last week a new proposal to Hamas to reach an agreement on the hostages and a high fire.
Specifically, Trump’s plan demands Hamas to release the 48 hostages in his possessionincluding the deceased, from the first day of high fire.
In return, Israel It will release between 2,500 and 3,000 Palestinian prisoners held in their prisons, including hundreds that meet life imprisonment for killing Israelis.
According to the proposal, Once the Fire was declared, negotiations would immediately begin on the conditions to end the war in Gaza. They will discuss the demand for Israel For him Total Hamas disarmament and the demand for Hamas From a final and complete withdrawal of the Israelis of the strip, said Axios.
The proposal says that Hamas respond positively, Trump will actively work to end war. It also guarantees that the high fire will continue while the negotiations are in progress.
An Israeli official who spoke with Axios said the proposal included a message for Hamas: If you do not accept it, there will be a large -scale Israeli operation in Gaza.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump (der.), Speaks with the special envoy Steve Witkoff in New York, on September 7, 2025. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP).
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According to Axios, on Sunday, August 31 Witkoff played golf with Trump And both discussed the situation in Loop.
That day, Trump ordered Witkoff to give a new impulse to the efforts to reach an agreement that ends the war and free all hostages.
Witkoff then asked the Palestinian-American businessman Bishara Bahbahwho has been a secondary channel of Hamas In recent months, to tell the Islamist group that If you release all hostages, Trump will make sure the war ends.
Bahbah delivered the message to Hamas And then he informed Witkoff that the Palestinians had told him that they have the will to reach an integral agreement.
Axios said that Hamas stressed that the release of hostages must be simultaneously with a statement of high permanent fire and the withdrawal of the Israeli forces of Gaza.
The American portal reported that Witkoff also established a new communication channel with Hamas Through the Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskinwho transmitted to Islamists the same Trump message.
Israel learned of Witkoff’s messages to Hamas through Baskin.
The mediators, Qatar and Egypt, were informed of the proposal of Trump Once it was transmitted to Hamas.
Hamas would run out
Einav Zangauker holds a portrait of his son kidnapped by Hamas during an anti -government protest that demands measures to ensure the release of hostages. (Photo of Jack Guez / AFP).
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Carlos Novoaan international journalist and analyst specialized in topics from the Middle East, he told Commerce that it is unlikely that Hamas end up accepting the proposal of Trump as it is.
“I don’t think Hamas Accept something that is obvious. That is, if now Hamas It is in a strong politically position, although militarily cracking, it is precisely because it keeps hostages. Without these in their possession, there would be nothing to do and it would be an easy target for an Israeli offensive, ” Novoa stressed.
“If you are delivering to the hostages, it loses everythingthey would be crazy to surrender to a weakness of weakness. Unless they have negotiated something we still do not know. But they would be leaving everything they have ”, He added.
At this point, it should be noted that if he releases the 48 hostages, Hamas I would have to trust the commitment of Trump to reach a war agreement. However, we must remember that Islamists felt cheated when the United States did not increase pressure on Israel To end the war after they released the American hostage Edan Alexander on May 12.
In addition, the previous agreement between Israel and Hamas, agreed when the president Joe Biden He was exit, he was stuck in his First phase, which consisted of the release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and a high fire. He never went to the second and third phase, which contemplated the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the end of the war. The United States supported the Israeli position to remain in the first phase.
About the ultimatum of Trump and of IsraelNovoa said that this type of warning is not shown does not work with Hamas.
“Hamas is hidden among the civilian population, in the tunnels, it is very difficult He pointed out.
