U.S. President Donald Trump, while speaking from the White House on Monday (September 29, 2025) along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hailed it a “historic day for peace’. The 20-point peace plan for Gaza, which the White House released after the President’s meeting with the Israeli leader, has won “incredible support” from the countries in West Asia and neighbouring Israel, claimed the U.S. leader. Mr. Netanyahu, who earlier in the day apologised to Qatar for the September 9 strike in Doha, welcomed the Trump plan, saying it sits with Israel’s war goals. Leaders across the world, from Arab and Islamic Foreign Ministers to Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India, have welcomed the Trump plan, expressing hope that it would lead to peace in West Asia. What does the Trump plan say?
The 20-point plan promises an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and resumption of increased humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave devastated by Israel’s two years of attacks, provided Hamas accepts the proposal. Mr. Trump and his ally Mr. Netanyahu have issued an ultimatum to Hamas to accept the plan. If Hamas doesn’t accept the plan, Israel will continue the war “to finish the job”. Mr. Trump said Israel will have his full support to continue the war. According to the proposal, which envisages Gaza as “a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours”, Hamas should release all hostages, alive and dead, within 72 hours, and Israel forces will withdraw to an agreed upon line within the territory. Once the hostages are released, Israel will free 250 Palestinian prisoners, who have been sentenced to life, and some 1,700 Gazans who were detained after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
