Smoke floats over the city of Gaza after an Israeli raid on October 2, 2025. © Khames Alrefi / Anadolu / Getty Images
Israel has stated that it is ready to exchange prisoners with Hamas, as planned by U.S. president Donald Trump.
This message came a fewer hours after the Palestinian armed group signalled acceptance of part of the proposal."Israel is ready to implement immediately the first phase of Trump's plan, assuming the immediate release of all hostages" – informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in a message issued on Saturday."We will proceed to cooperate full with the president and his squad to end the war in accordance with the principles set by Israel, which correspond to Trump's imagination to end the war" – added.The message did not mention to Trump's appeal to halt the attacks on Gaza by Israel.According to Trump's plan, Hamas must release all remaining hostages within 72 hours after Israel suspends military activities in the Gaza Strip and withdraws its troops “to an agreed line’.Following the release of the hostages, Israel will release 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life imprisonment and 1,700 Palestinians detained after October 7, 2023.
In the Gaza Strip, a political, Hamas-free transitional government will be created to become "a detached zone, free of terror, without endangering neighbours".On Friday evening Hamas issued a message informing him that he was ready to exchange prisoners in accordance with the proposed expression and fundamentally agreed to hand over power in the Gaza Strip to an independent government "based on Palestinian national consensus and support from Arabs and Islam".Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/625886-israel-trump-plan-hostages/
