A major revelation has emerged regarding the Gaza peace plan, stating that Hamas agreed to the plan due to the personal interest of the U.S. President, although previously they had labeled Donald Trump as a racist, a recipe for chaos, and a person holding a ridiculous vision for Gaza.
According to details, an unusual phone call last month helped convince Hamas that the U.S. President might be able to pressure Israel to implement the peace deal — even if the group were to release all hostages it held from the Gaza war.
Two Palestinian officials disclosed this call. In that call — which became widely known at the time — Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize over the phone to the Qatari Prime Minister following a meeting held at the White House in September, according to the international news agency Reuters.
The apology was requested because Israel had attacked the residential compound of Hamas’s political leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Trump’s strategy for handling the Doha bombing — which failed to kill Hamas officials, including chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya — gave the group more confidence that they could stand up to Netanyahu and that Trump was serious about ending the Gaza war.
After signing the ceasefire agreement on Wednesday, brokered by Trump, Hamas placed greater trust in Donald Trump’s promise — the same Trump who earlier this year had proposed the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and its reconstruction as an American-controlled coastal resort.
Under the agreement, which came into effect on Friday, Hamas agreed to release its hostages without a deal guaranteeing Israel’s complete withdrawal. According to Reuters, two other Palestinian officials from Hamas admitted that this was a risky gamble dependent on the U.S. President’s deep personal interest in the deal — believing he would not allow it to fail.
“Hamas leaders are well aware that this gamble could backfire,” said one Hamas official. They fear that after the release of hostages, Israel might resume its military campaign, as happened after the January ceasefire — in which Trump’s team was also deeply involved.
However, Hamas, which gathered for indirect negotiations with Israel at a conference center in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, felt reassured by the presence of Trump’s close aides and major regional leaders, leading them to sign the ceasefire — even though many of the group’s core demands, including progress toward a Palestinian state, remained unresolved.
“Trump’s impatience was felt intensely inside the conference center,” a Hamas official told Reuters. A senior U.S. official said Trump personally made three phone calls during the marathon session, while his son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff coordinated between Israeli and Qatari negotiators.
