Thousands Rally in Israel Demanding Netanyahu Accept Trump's Gaza Cease-fire and Hostage Deal
'There is a deal on the table that Hamas has agreed to,' said Einav Zangauker, mother of Matan, still held in Hamas captivity. Addressing Netanyahu, she warned: 'If you return from the U.S. without an agreement, what awaits you is a hell you cannot grasp.' Protests are taking place across Israel's major cities and several other locations
..... "Game over, Netanyahu. The whole world is determined to stop you from sabotaging the agreement again," she said. "If you return without an agreement, what awaits you is a hell that you cannot grasp."
Itzik Horn, whose son Eitan remains in captivity, also spoke to Netanyahu. "For an entire week, hostage families sat and slept on the road in a tent under your window," he said.
"Nothing. You didn't come out to hug us, not even to shake our hands. Zero ability. Zero humanity. Zero leadership," Horn said. "Only the people on the barricades will bring the hostages back."....
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Sources: Hamas Agrees to Trump-backed Gaza Deal, Including Releasing All Israeli HostagesThe proposal includes a gradual IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, alongside the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, in exchange for both the living and the deceased Israeli hostages
Chaim Levinson
10:19 AM • September 27 2025 IDT
Hamas has agreed in principle to U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza, which includes the immediate release of all Israeli hostages, sources with knowledge of the matter tell Haaretz.
Sources say Qatar was involved in getting Hamas to agree to the framework of the deal, and Trump is hoping to finalize it with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when they meet on Monday.
As part of the deal to secure the release of all living and deceased hostages, Israel will release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and gradually withdraw its forces from the Gaza Strip.
Related ArticlesAs of the end of June, Israel was holding 289 Palestinians serving life sentences and 59 more serving sentences longer than 30 years. Israel is holding 1,407 Palestinian prisoners who have been sentenced, along with roughly 2,500 detainees whose trials are ongoing and some 2,300 detained Gazans – some of whom took part in the October 7 attacks.
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As part of the deal, Israel will have to give up any plans to annex the Gaza Strip, as well as plans to demolish Gaza and drive out the Palestinians living there. While Hamas would be stripped of authority, it would still be a far cry from the "total destruction of Hamas" which the Israeli government has repeatedly called for.
According to three sources with knowledge on the matter, following Israel's failed strike in Doha on September 9, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff – who is considered close to Qatar's ruling family – renewed efforts to end the war in Gaza. The U.S. understood that the time it gave Netanyahu to continue Israel's offensive in Gaza had been used for moves that destabilize the Middle East and cause harm to U.S. allies in the region, and therefore it cannot continue giving Netanyahu more leeway.
The main change that Witkoff has managed to bring is Hamas' agreement in principle to release all the hostages held in Gaza, without keeping a small number of them as...
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