[News] Hamas reviews Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan as PIJ rejects

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Hamas reviews Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan as PIJ rejects
Al Mayadeen English
September 29, 2025
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Hamas is reviewing Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan after being briefed by Qatar
and Egypt, while Islamic Jihad rejected it as “nothing but a full
American-Israeli agreement.”

   - [image: Hamas fighters stand in formation ahead of a ceremony to hand
   over Israeli captives to the Red Cross in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, Feb. 22,
   2025. (AP)]
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   Palestinian Resistance fighters stand in formation ahead of a ceremony to
   hand over Israeli captives to the Red Cross in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip,
   Palestine, on February 22, 2025. (*AP*)

Hamas negotiators told mediators they would study the plan “in good faith”
and provide a formal response, a source familiar with the matter told
*Reuters*.

*Reuters* reported that Egypt and Qatar briefed Hamas on United States
President Donald Trump’s plan to halt the war on Gaza. Earlier, the White
House confirmed that Trump had discussed the ceasefire proposal with
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing it as a framework
supported by “Arab and Islamic leaders.”

At a joint press conference with Netanyahu, Trump said he believed Hamas
would eventually approve the proposal, adding that “Doha has taken it upon
itself to convince the movement.”
PIJ rejects plan as 'US-Israeli agreement'

The announcement drew sharp criticism from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
Its Secretary-General, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, dismissed the initiative
outright, calling it “nothing but a full American-Israeli agreement.”

Al-Nakhalah stressed that the announcement reflected “the Israeli position
in its most precise details” and constituted “a recipe for the continuation
of aggression against the Palestinian people.”

He warned that the proposal amounted to “an attempt to impose new realities
through the US after the occupation failed to achieve them through
successive wars.”

The Islamic Jihad leader further cautioned that the so-called agreement was
“a ready-made recipe to ignite the entire region and fuel further
conflicts.”
Regional mediation continues

The White House had presented the proposal on Monday evening, saying that
if both parties agree to this proposal, the war will end immediately.

Mediation efforts led by Qatar and Egypt remain ongoing, with Hamas yet to
issue a formal stance, while the resistance maintains that any deal must
address the root causes of the war, including the siege and occupation.
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