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Trump Responds to Hamas Statement on His Peace Plan

October 3, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:11

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What happened

President Trump thanked the countries he said helped assemble his peace plan — Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan among them — in the White House upload of his message responding to Hamas’s statement on the plan. He called it a big and possibly unprecedented day.

The President said the final word still had to be put down in concrete. He said he looked forward to hostages coming home to their parents, including, as he acknowledged, some who would return deceased, whose parents, he said, wanted them home just as much.

Trump said everybody was unified in wanting the war to end and to see peace in the Middle East, that the parties were very close to achieving it, and that everybody would be treated fairly.

Why it matters

The short message marks the moment the President publicly claimed his Gaza peace plan was near completion, with the hostages’ return as its stated centerpiece, as he described it.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump shares a powerful message in response to Hamas’ statement regarding his peace plan”, 2025-10-03 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-10-03). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.