Trump Says Israel, Hamas ‘Very Close’ on Temporary Truce Deal

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli airstrike as Palestinians fleeing Jabalia move with their belongings in Gaza City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli airstrike as Palestinians fleeing Jabalia move with their belongings in Gaza City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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Trump Says Israel, Hamas ‘Very Close’ on Temporary Truce Deal

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli airstrike as Palestinians fleeing Jabalia move with their belongings in Gaza City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli airstrike as Palestinians fleeing Jabalia move with their belongings in Gaza City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

US President Donald Trump has said that an agreement between Israel and Hamas on the Gaza Strip is “very close."

“They’re very close to an agreement on Gaza, and we’ll let you know about it during the day or maybe tomorrow,” Trump told reporters on Friday.

Trump’s optimistic outlook comes after the White House announced Thursday that Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Israel “backed and supported” the new proposal.

Hamas officials, however, gave the Israeli-approved draft a cool response, but said they wanted to study the proposal more closely before giving a formal answer.



73 People Killed Waiting for Humanitarian Aid Across Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry Says

Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, amid a hunger crisis, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip July 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, amid a hunger crisis, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip July 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
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73 People Killed Waiting for Humanitarian Aid Across Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry Says

Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, amid a hunger crisis, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip July 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, amid a hunger crisis, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip July 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

The Palestinian Health Ministry said that 73 people were killed while waiting for aid at locations across Gaza on Sunday.

The largest toll was in northern Gaza, where at least 67 Palestinians were killed while attempting to access aid entering northern Gaza through the Zikim crossing with Israel, according to the Health Ministry and local hospitals, The AP news reported.

More than 150 people were wounded, some critically, hospitals said. It wasn't immediately clear whether they were killed by the Israeli army or armed gangs or both. But some witnesses said that the Israeli military shot at the crowd.

The Israeli military earlier published new evacuation warnings for areas of central Gaza on Sunday, in one of the few areas where the military has rarely operated with ground troops.

The evacuation cuts access between the city of Deir al-Balah and the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the narrow enclave.

The announcement comes as Israel and Hamas have been holding ceasefire talks in Qatar, but international mediators say there have been no breakthroughs.