By Kavita Mistry 
A White House peace plan for Gaza released on Monday (September 29, 2025) proposes an end to the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants and the return of all hostages, living and dead, within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting the agreement.
Mr. Trump on Monday (September 29, 2025) laid out a 20-point plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war and establishing a postwar governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory. Mr. Trump’s plan would establish a temporary governing board that would be headed by Trump and include former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
White House releases Gaza peace plan on Monday, September 29, 2025. Photo credit: X/ @RapidResponse47
Trump’s Gaza plan
Gaza residents will be ‘encouraged to stay’ under Trump’s plan, said White House. Mr. Trump said Israel has ‘full backing’ of U.S. to take steps to defeat Hamas if it doesn’t accept proposed peace deal.
Mr. Trump also said Israel to withdraw from Gaza ‘in phases’ under the deal.
If both sides agree to the proposal, “the war will immediately end,” according to the plan. Israeli forces will withdraw to agreed upon lines to prepare for the hostage release.
The plan does not require people to leave Gaza and calls for the war to end immediately if both sides accept it.
The proposal also calls for an end to Hamas rule of Gaza and the disarmament of the militant group, said the officials briefed on the plan.
The plan also includes the establishment of an international security force to take over law enforcement in postwar Gaza, they said.
A Palestinian committee of technocrats would oversee the civilian affairs of the strip, with power handed over later to a reformed Palestinian Authority, they said. Mr. Netanyahu has rejected any role for the authority, the internationally recognized representative of the Palestinians, in postwar Gaza.
On hostages release and aid entry into Gaza
Once all hostages are released, Israel will release 250 Palestinians serving life sentences and 1,700 Gazans who were detained after the start of the war on October 7, 2023, the plan said.
White House also added that once all hostages are returned, Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and to decommission their weapons will be given amnesty. Members of Hamas who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries.
On aid entry into Gaza, White House said that entry of distribution and aid in the Gaza Strip will proceed without interference from the two parties through the United Nations and its agencies, and the Red Crescent, in addition to other international institutions not associated in any manner with either party. It also added that, opening the Rafah crossing in both directions will be subject to the same mechanism implemented under the January 19, 2025 agreement.
Trump on Hamas
“I think we are beyond very close,” Mr. Trump said at the start of a news conference with Mr. Netanyahu where he detailed the plan. “We’re not quite finished. We have to get Hamas.” “If Hamas rejects your plan, Mr. President, or if they supposedly accept it and then do everything to counter it, then Israel will finish the job by itself,” Mr. Netanyahu said. The President went on to urge Palestinian people to take responsibility “for their destiny” and embrace his peace proposal.
Hamas on Gaza peace deal
The Qatari Prime Minister and the Egyptian intelligence chief shared U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan with Palestinian militant group Hamas, an official briefed on the talks told Reuters on Monday (September 29, 2025).
Hamas negotiators told mediators they will review the plan “in good faith” and provide response, the official said.