Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a post on Telegram that Trump’s statement regarding Hamas’s commitment to a ceasefire confirms the movement’s seriousness in implementing the ceasefire agreement on the Gaza Strip.
Qassem added that the movement calls on the US president to pressure the Israeli government to stop its ongoing violations of the agreement, thus enabling the implementation of the remaining components of the plan to end the war on the Gaza Strip according to mechanisms agreed upon by all parties.
In remarks made on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France on Wednesday, Trump expressed hope that the agreement with Iran would mark the beginning of broader understandings in the region.
Trump said, "Look at what we did in Gaza. Look at Hamas. Hamas has been very quiet," adding that efforts are continuing to disarm the movement, and that it "has behaved very well."
On Sunday, Hamas announced that it had delivered the Palestinian factions' response to the "road map" proposed by the Executive Director of the "Peace Council," Nikolay Mladenov, stressing its commitment to the necessity of a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
The plan includes provisions relating to reconstruction, disarmament and Israeli withdrawal, the work of an international stabilization force, rebuilding the police force, along with implementing humanitarian measures related to the ceasefire before moving on to subsequent stages.
On September 29, 2025, Trump announced a 20-point plan to end the Israeli war in Gaza, including the release of Israeli prisoners, the disarmament of Hamas, a phased Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, the formation of a technocratic government, and the deployment of an international stabilization force.
According to the plan, the first phase of the ceasefire agreement came into effect on October 10, 2025. Hamas says it has adhered to the terms of the agreement, while Israel continues its violations and obstructs the transition to the second phase of the agreement.
The agreement was reached two years after the genocide that Israel began on October 8, 2023 with American support, which left more than 73,000 martyrs and more than 173,000 injured Palestinians, most of them children and women, and destruction that affected 90% of the civilian infrastructure.
