Netanyahu says he did not agree to Palestinian state as part of Trump Gaza plan, and IDF will remain ‘in most of the territory’ – live

<p>Israeli PM discussed his meeting with Donald Trump in a Telegram post, while a senior Hamas official has said the group is studying the proposals</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/trump-peace-plan-gaza-israel-hamas">What’s in Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza?</a></p></li></ul><p>A senior <strong>Hamas</strong> official has said the group had not yet received the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/trump-peace-plan-gaza-israel-hamas">proposed 20-point plan</a>, but an official briefed on the matter later told <strong>AFP</strong> that <strong>Qatari</strong> and <strong>Egyptian</strong> mediators had met with <strong>Hamas</strong> to provide them with the document.</p><p>Qatari prime minister <strong>Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani</strong> and Egypt’s intelligence chief <strong>Hassan Mahmoud Rashad</strong> “just met with Hamas negotiators and shared the 20-point plan. The Hamas negotiators said they would review it in good faith and provide a response,” the source said, speaking to <strong>AFP</strong> on condition of anonymity.</p><p>It was a historic visit. Instead of <strong>Hamas</strong> leading to our isolation, we turned the tables and isolated <strong>Hamas</strong>. Now the entire world, including the <strong>Arab and Muslim world</strong>, is pressuring <strong>Hamas</strong> to accept the conditions we set together with <strong>President Trump</strong>: to release all our abducted – both living and dead – while the IDF remains in most of the territory.</p><p>Absolutely not, and it is not written in the agreement either. But one thing we did say: <strong>we are firmly opposed to a Palestinian