The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they happen.
‘Positive atmosphere’ reported at first round of talks between Hamas and mediators
The first round of Gaza talks between Hamas and mediators have ended in Egypt “amid a positive atmosphere,” Egyptian state-linked media reports early on Tuesday.
Al-Qahera News, which is linked to state intelligence, reports the talks will continue on Tuesday, also between Hamas and mediators in the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, where an Israeli delegation arrived on Monday.
A report carried by Qatar’s Al Jazeera similarly describes the meeting as positive.
Israel and Hamas are expected to engage in indirect talks on the details of a proposal by US President Donald Trump for a hostage-prisoner exchange and long-term ceasefire.
Trump hits out at ‘troublemaker’ Greta Thunberg after Israel deports her: ‘She should see a doctor’
US President Donald Trump is also asked by reporters in the Oval Office about Israel’s deportation of Greta Thungberg and other pro-Palestinian activists who tried to break the maritime blockade on Gaza.
“She’s just a troublemaker,” Trump says, referring to the Swedish campaigner. “You mean she’s no longer into the environment, now she’s into this?”
“She has an anger management problem, I think she should see a doctor,” Trump continues. “She’s so angry, she’s so crazy.”
Trump on Greta Thunberg: "She's just a troublemaker. She's no longer into the environment, now she's into this? She has an anger management problem. I think she should see a doctor … she's so crazy." pic.twitter.com/G3v8CSA4Ty
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Trump: ‘Pretty sure’ there’s going to be a deal, ‘the people of Israel want this to happen’
US President Donald Trump says he’s “pretty sure” there’s going to be an agreement between Israel and Hamas on his plan to end the war in Gaza, adding that the terror group has been “fine” as of late.
“I think we’re going to have a deal… They’ve been trying to have a deal with Gaza literally for centuries,” Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office.
He avoids giving a timeline for when a deal will be announced after a reporter asks him if hostages will be released Tuesday to coincide with the two-year anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 onslaught.
An Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel earlier Monday that it will take several days, possibly longer, before a deal will be reached.
Asked whether he’s been in contact with hostage families about his Gaza proposal, Trump says he has and that the relatives of captives have been elated. “They’re so happy about it. One said, ‘I can’t breathe.'”
“The people of Israel want this to happen,” he says, referencing the weekly protests in Israel attended by tens of thousands calling for a hostage deal and an end to the war, regularly pushing messages largely against those of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
As for Hamas, Trump says, the group has been “fine.”
“I hope it’s going to continue that way. I think it will,” he says in a rare moment where he avoided criticizing the terror group. Trump embraced Hamas’s statement last week that accepted parts of his Gaza proposal, while asserting that additional talks were needed regarding its other parts pertaining to the post-war management of Gaza.
He reiterates that his agreement goes beyond ending the war in Gaza, extending to broader regional peace. Trump points to the support his proposal has gotten from the Arab and Muslim world.
“I spoke with President Erdogan of Turkey. He’s fantastic. He’s been pushing very hard [for a Gaza deal]… and Hamas has a lot of respect for him. They have a lot of respect for Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia,” Trump says, adding that he also spoke with the king of Jordan.
Turkey and Qatar have indeed hosted Hamas leaders at the request or acquiescence of the US and Israel, while the UAE and Saudi Arabia have outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Hamas is an offshoot, so it’s unclear what respect Trump is referring to.
Trump denies telling Netanyahu to not be ‘f*cking negative,’ says Hamas ‘agreeing to things that are very important’
US President Donald Trump denies that he recently told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop being so “f*cking negative” and “take the win” after Hamas accepted parts of Washington’s proposal for ending the Gaza war, while saying that it would have to hold talks regarding other portions of the plan.
“No, it’s not true. He’s been very positive on the deal,” Trump says of Netanyahu.
Trump at times has avoided criticizing Netanyahu in public, even as reports have mounted about his private frustration with the Israeli premier.
Asked whether he has any red lines for Hamas in the negotiations that kicked off Monday in Egypt, Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office that he does.
“If certain things aren’t met, we’re not going to do it,” he says.
“But I think we’re doing very well. Hamas has been agreeing to things that are very important,” Trump reveals, without elaborating.