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A look at the latest Gaza ceasefire proposals as Netanyahu visits White House

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with President Trump in his third visit to the White House this year. The two are meeting as Israel and Hamas are negotiating a ceasefire and the U.S. is lifting a terrorism designation on neighboring Syria. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is having dinner with President Trump tonight,

0:05.3

his third visit to the White House this year.

0:07.8

The two are meeting as Israel and Hamas are negotiating a ceasefire,

0:11.9

and the U.S. is lifting a terrorism designation on neighboring Syria.

0:16.3

Nick Schiffran's been covering all this for us. He joins us now.

0:19.0

So Nick, give us the latest status on these

0:21.2

Gaza ceasefire talks. Israel and Hamas officials are back in Doha, and U.S. and Israeli officials tell me that

0:27.7

the deal on the table is for ceasefire for 60 days. Hamas had been demanding a formal end of the war,

0:34.1

but the officials tell me Hamas agreed to sit at the table in Doha thanks to two key

0:38.4

adjustments. The first, Hamas would stagger the release of 10 living Israeli hostages and the bodies

0:44.5

of 18 deceased Israeli hostages so that the final release of Israeli hostages wouldn't be until

0:50.1

day 50. That's in response to Israel breaking the previous ceasefire deal.

0:54.6

The second key adjustment is that while the proposal does not guarantee the end of the war,

1:00.5

what it does is provides personal guarantees from President Trump.

1:04.3

The text includes the lines, President Trump guarantees Israeli compliance for the full duration,

1:10.2

and, quote,

1:15.0

the United States and President Trump are committed to working to ensure the negotiations continue in good faith until a final agreement is reached.

1:19.2

Finally, Israel would redeploy to buffer zones in northern Gaza on day one,

1:23.9

to southern Gaza and day two.

1:25.3

It would release Palestinian detainees, and it would allow for

1:28.1

a humanitarian surge, both to the United Nations and the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

1:33.9

Officials tell me that in Doha, last night's discussions, today's discussions, Amna focused on

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