Hamas

The Trump peace plan envisions Israeli withdrawal of troops from the Gaza Strip after Hamas disarms and the deployment of an international security force in Gaza.

Hamas has historically resisted disarmament and has opposed the idea of international administration of Gaza.

As of 2025, Hamas was designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, and several other Western countries.

The Gaza Strip's Ministry of Health is administered by Hamas.

As of 2025-10-07, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 67,160 Palestinian deaths and nearly 170,000 wounded in the war in Gaza; the ministry stated it does not differentiate between civilians and combatants and that more than half of the deaths were women and children, and the ministry is part of the Hamas-run government; the United Nations and many independent experts consider the ministry’s figures to be the most reliable estimate of wartime casualties.

A 2025 peace proposal by U.S. President Donald J. Trump envisions Israel withdrawing its troops from Gaza after Hamas disarms, the deployment of an international security force, placing Gaza under international governance, and oversight of that governance by Donald J. Trump and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair.

A 2025 U.S. proposal for Gaza (commonly described as the 'Trump plan') called on Hamas to release all Israeli hostages, relinquish governance and arms in Gaza, and in return proposed that Israel end hostilities, release Palestinian prisoners, and place Gaza under interim international governance.

Hamas has functioned as the governing authority of the Gaza Strip.

Donald Trump's 2025 20-point peace plan requires all hostages, both dead and alive, to be returned within 72 hours of Hamas signing the deal.

Donald Trump's 2025 20-point peace plan calls for Israeli forces to withdraw their troops and for the complete disarmament (demilitarization) of Hamas.

The White House's 2025 20-point proposal for Gaza included an immediate end to hostilities once both sides accept, a pullback of Israeli forces to a designated 'initial line' inside Gaza to allow hostage handovers, and suspension of military operations during those transfers.

The White House's 2025 20-point proposal specified that all 48 hostages, living and deceased, would be returned within 72 hours of both sides publicly accepting the agreement.

A U.S. 20-point peace plan (2025) proposes that all hostages, dead and alive, be returned within 72 hours after Hamas agrees to the deal; the plan calls for Israeli military withdrawal, the complete disarmament of Hamas, amnesty for Hamas members in exchange for disarmament, and an option for disarmed members to leave Gaza for third-party countries willing to accept them.

Egypt and Qatar serve as mediators in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, shuttling between the parties to facilitate talks.

Negotiations between Israel and Hamas commonly include arrangements to exchange or release Israeli hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel.

When the leadership echelon of an armed group is degraded or communications are disrupted, decentralized or multiple armed actors can complicate centralized control and communication, which can make coordinated, full hostage releases difficult and lead to staged or phased releases as logistics permit.

A 2025 U.S. peace plan specified that Hamas would release 48 remaining hostages, about 20 of whom were believed to be alive, within three days.

A 2025 U.S. peace plan proposed that Hamas would give up power in Gaza and disarm as part of a settlement.

A 2025 U.S. peace plan linked a hostage release to a reciprocal exchange involving Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

As of 2025-10-04, the Gaza Health Ministry reported that more than 67,000 Palestinians had been killed during the Gaza war that began with Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack.

A 2025 peace proposal from President Donald Trump was structured as a 20-point plan aimed at ending the Gaza conflict and securing the release of hostages.

The 2025 Trump peace proposal called for an end to Israel's military operations in Gaza, the disarmament of Hamas, and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip under a Palestinian governing body overseen by a U.S.-led international coalition.

President Donald Trump unveiled a 20-point peace plan on 2025-09-29 that proposed granting amnesty to Hamas members who disarm, designating Gaza as a deradicalized 'terror-free zone', and redeveloping Gaza to reduce security threats to neighbors and residents.

As of 2025-09-07, the Israel–Hamas conflict had lasted for more than two years.

Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey have served as mediators in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas.

United States administrations deploy envoys and diplomatic channels to facilitate negotiations between Israel and Hamas, including efforts aimed at securing hostage releases and ceasefires.

As of 2025, Hamas had governed the Gaza Strip for approximately 17 years.

The proposed plan specified that Hamas would release the remaining hostages taken on October 7, 2023 within 72 hours of an agreement, and that Israel would release 250 Palestinians serving life sentences plus 1,700 other Gazans detained after the start of the conflict as part of the exchange.

During the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, approximately 1,200 people were killed and about 251 individuals were taken into the Gaza Strip.

The October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel sparked the war in Gaza.

An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas began in 2023 following Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251 hostages, an attack that triggered the subsequent war.

The Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel resulted in approximately 1,200 people killed and 251 people taken hostage.

The Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack is the deadliest single day for Jews since the Holocaust.

Hamas' October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel killed approximately 1,200 people and resulted in 251 people being taken hostage and brought into Gaza.

Of the 251 people taken hostage into Gaza during Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack, 148 were either freed as part of previous ceasefire agreements or rescued by Israeli forces, and the bodies of 57 hostages were returned or recovered, according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A Hamas attack on Israel on 2023-10-07 killed about 1,200 people, many of them civilians.

The Gaza war began with a surprise attack by Hamas on southern Israel on 2023-10-07 that killed nearly 1,200 people, mostly Israeli civilians.

A peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump called for Hamas to free all remaining hostages and for the Israeli military to begin withdrawing from parts of Gaza in phases; the plan also proposed transferring parts of Gaza to a "technocratic" Palestinian committee and deploying a temporary security force backed by Arab states.

Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas have been mediated by the United States, Qatar, and Egypt.

Hamas has historically rejected demands that it disarm and that it have no role in the governance of Gaza.

Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Israel, and many other countries.

A proposed ceasefire and prisoner-exchange framework attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump included releasing 48 remaining Israeli hostages (about 20 of whom were described as believed to be alive) in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including about 250 serving life sentences and approximately 1,700 detainees from Gaza who were arrested after the October 7, 2023 attack, and envisioned handing over control of Gaza to a technocratic international body.

Hamas maintains an underground tunnel network in the Gaza Strip that is used for movement, shelter, and storage.

Hostage-and-prisoner exchange deals have been used between Israel and Hamas as a mechanism to secure the release of captives.

Negotiations to end hostilities in Gaza commonly prioritize initial arrangements for hostage and prisoner exchanges, an initial Israeli military withdrawal, and a cessation of hostilities, while more complex issues such as disarming Hamas and the future governing structure of Gaza are typically deferred to later negotiation phases.