Donald Trump has hinted at a potential breakthrough in the Gaza conflict, suggesting a deal is in the offing that would secure the release of hostages and bring an end to the war. Speaking to the press, Trump conveyed his optimism regarding an upcoming agreement, stating that it could help in the release of hostages. While refraining from providing precise details about the deal, including the specifics of the agreement between Israel and Palestine, Trump’s remarks indicated that negotiations might be advancing toward a solution to end the hostilities. Trump specifically noted that this deal would address the long-standing conflict and ensure the return of the hostages. “It’s looking like we have a deal on Gaza. I think it’s a deal that will get the hostages back. It’s gonna be a deal that will end the war,” Trump declared. Concurrently, relatives of hostages held by Hamas staged a demonstration outside the UN headquarters in New York, coinciding with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address at the UN General Assembly, urging for the immediate release of hostages. One of the hostage’s relatives expressed, “My message for the rest of the International community is, if you won’t wake up now and realise that radical Islamic youth are being pushed on you, you’re going to wake up and you’re going to be in the place that we are in right now… I am warning you to understand that if you don’t act now against Hamas, its proxies and all radical Islamic youth, you’re going to be next… 80% of the people of Israel, not just Prime Minister Netanyahu, want the war to end. We want them to be released. The only thing that matters is to bring them back. Everything else will be taken care of once that ends… We need to bring our soldiers back home. We need to stop the suffering and the cycle of death there that has been there for the past 2 years.”
