Trump administration officials have distributed a comprehensive 21-point Gaza ceasefire framework demanding immediate military operations cessation, freeing of all 20 surviving Hamas-held hostages plus remains within 48 hours, and complete Hamas weapons destruction, according to The Washington Post. The proposal offers amnesty to fighters accepting “peaceful co-existence” while facilitating safe passage for Hamas members choosing departure to alternative nations. Neither Israel nor Hamas has accepted the three-page document distributed during United Nations meetings last week, with Trump planning Monday White House pressure on Netanyahu for acceptance.
Specific prisoner exchange details require Israel to “release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who were detained after October 7” once hostages return, while “for every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans,” according to the framework obtained by The Washington Post. Implementation promises immediate aid delivery “including rehabilitation of infrastructure (water, electricity, sewage), rehabilitation of hospitals and bakeries, [and] entry of necessary equipment to remove rubble and open roads” upon agreement acceptance. Aid distribution would proceed “without interference from the two parties through the United Nations and its agencies … in addition to other international institutions not associated in any manner with either party,” The Washington Post reported.
Palestinians rush to retrieve aid packages parachuted during an airdrop over Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on August 6, 2025 (AFP / Eyad BABA)
Temporary governance comprising “qualified Palestinians and international experts” would manage daily services under American-established international body supervision while Palestinian Authority undergoes reforms, with America working to “develop a temporary International Stabilization Force to immediately deploy and oversee the security in Gaza” during Palestinian force training. Israeli forces would “progressively hand over the Gaza territory they occupy” before complete withdrawal except for undefined “perimeter presence.” Arab governments provisionally agreed to force participation, though “we need more conversations about it,” a regional official stated anonymously to The Washington Post.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to take over Gaza City (Reuters/Amir Cohen; Oren Ben Hakoon)
Trump told reporters Friday he believes “we have maybe a deal on Gaza. We’re very close. … I think it’s a deal that will get the hostages back. It’s going to be a deal that will end the war,” while reportedly growing frustrated with Netanyahu following Israeli Qatar airstrikes targeting Hamas negotiators. The current framework incorporates earlier proposals while adding Israeli commitments against occupation or annexation and “no further attacks on Qatar.” Israeli leadership requires additional review time before Monday’s session, a senior official confirmed, with Hamas lacking document access according to regional sources.
Netanyahu made no deal mention during Friday’s UN speech, instead claiming the world “no longer remembers” October 7, 2023 attacks killing 1,200 Israelis and capturing 250 hostages. This month’s Gaza City offensive targets where “the final remnants of Hamas are holed up,” with Netanyahu stating their goal involves efforts to “repeat the atrocities of October 7 again and again. … That is why Israel must finish the job and that is why we want to do so as fast as possible.” The Israeli official indicated Gaza operations pressure Hamas toward acceptance, claiming “the pressure is already working.”
Most controversially, final framework components target over 150 countries recognizing Palestinian statehood and Arab governments requiring state references for participation, stating that following reform completion, “conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian Statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.” America would “establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous co-existence.” However, Netanyahu’s Friday speech declared Israel would prevent Western attempts to “shove a terror state down our throats,” having previously prohibited both Palestinian statehood and Authority governance in Gaza.
