MBABANE:United States(US) President Donald Trump has tabled a twenty(20) points plan to end the war in Gaza after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, Aljazeera reported.
The US President called Monday a “historic day for peace” as he spoke at a news conference with Netanyahu who praised Trump, saying: “I support your plan to end the war in Gaza, which achieves our war aims.”
The US President said he was “hearing that Hamas wants to get this done too” but Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi, speaking to Al Jazeera’s Mubasher TV after the news conference, said the group has not yet received Trump’s written Gaza peace plan.
Trump said “everyone else has accepted it” but added that if Hamas fails to agree to the plan “as you know, Bibi, you’d have our full backing to do what you would have to do.”
Bibi is Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu’s nickname.
The US President said; “Prime Minister Netanyahu was very clear about his opposition to a Palestinian State and I understand and respect his position on many things, but what he’s doing today is so good for Israel.”
Trump noted that a number of allies have “foolishly recognised the Palestinian state, but they’re really, I think, doing that because they’re very tired of what’s going on.”
It has been reported that, the release of the Israel hostages by Hamas forms part of the 20 points plan tabled by Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a news conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2025 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]