A statement issued by Netanyahu's office said: "Tel Aviv is seriously considering Trump's new proposal, but Hamas will continue its intransigence," he claimed.
There was no immediate comment from the relevant parties regarding Netanyahu's office's statement as of 18:00 GMT.
Hamas has repeatedly declared its readiness to conclude a comprehensive deal with Israel to release all Israeli prisoners in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, end the war on Gaza, and withdraw from the Strip. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has consistently rejected these offers, insisting on partial proposals that allow him to stall and impose new conditions at each negotiation stage.
The official broadcasting authority and the private Hebrew Channel (12) indicated that Trump’s new proposal includes “fundamental changes compared to previous proposals.”
Under the new proposal, according to the committee, all 48 detainees, including those killed, would be released on the first day of the deal, in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners serving long sentences and thousands of detainees.
The proposal also calls for Israel to halt its "Gideon 2" operation to occupy Gaza City, and for a negotiating track to be immediately opened, led by Trump himself, to end the war.
After more than three weeks of intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army officially announced on September 3 the launch of Operation Gideon 2, a military operation to completely occupy Gaza City. This operation sparked criticism and protests in Israel, fearing for the lives of prisoners and soldiers.
According to Channel (12), Trump’s proposal calls on Hamas to rely on his promises to end the war, and on the assumption that after the release of the prisoners, Israel will find it difficult to obtain internal and external legitimacy to continue fighting in Gaza.
In the same vein, the official broadcasting authority quoted Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations as saying that "the American proposal is consistent with Israel's demands to stop the war."
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However, Channel 12 reported that assessments in Israel indicate significant doubt that Hamas will agree to the new American proposal.
Earlier on Sunday, Hebrew media reported that US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff presented Hamas with a new proposal for a comprehensive deal on prisoner exchange and an end to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
On August 18, Hamas agreed to a proposal by mediators for a partial ceasefire and prisoner exchange. However, Israel did not respond to the mediators, despite the agreement of the proposal's terms with an earlier proposal put forward by Witkoff and accepted by Tel Aviv.
Hamas then reiterated its readiness to reach a comprehensive deal with Israel on Wednesday, hours after Trump called on the movement to "immediately" release the 20 (living) Israeli prisoners, pledging that "things will change quickly."
Tel Aviv estimates there are 48 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, 20 of whom are still alive. Meanwhile, some 11,100 Palestinians are languishing in its prisons, suffering torture, starvation, and medical neglect. Many of these Palestinians have been killed, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights and media reports.
On Saturday, the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom quoted unnamed American and Arab sources as saying that talks between the United States and Hamas had resumed in recent days, but that Washington would not prevent Israel from advancing toward "destroying and occupying" Gaza City.
The opposition and the families of Israeli prisoners assert that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing the war to maintain his position, fearing the collapse of his government if the most extremist faction, which refuses to end the war, withdraws.
With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving 64,455 Palestinians martyred, 162,776 injured, most of them children and women, more than 9,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that has claimed the lives of 387 Palestinians, including 138 children.
For decades, Israel has occupied Palestine and territories in Syria and Lebanon, and refuses to withdraw from these territories and establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, along the pre-1967 borders.
