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President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a plan today to end the war in Gaza.

But Hamas has yet to agree, and there are questions about its implementation.

Nick Schiffran begins our coverage.

Today at the White House, a presidential pronouncement of the end of an era. This is eternity. This is for forever.

It has been 724 days since Hamas's October 7 terrorist attacks.

724 days of war in Gaza. And if Hamas accepts this deal, the guns would fall silent within

72 hours.

They shouldn't have to be a shot fired. It may be for eternity.

I support your plan to end the war in Gaza, which achieves our war aims. It will bring

back to Israel all our hostages, dismantle

Hamas' military capabilities, end its political rule, and ensure that Gaza never again poses

a threat to Israel.

In a 20-point plan released by the White House, the deal would release all 50 Israeli

hostages currently in Gaza, both dead and alive.

Israeli soldiers would withdraw in phases, marked in a White House map, but remain in what

the plan calls a security buffer zone.

Gaza will be demilitarized.

Israel will retain security responsibility, including a security

perimeter for the foreseeable future.

But the plan declares, quote, the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway

to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.

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